While going down to Flagler Beach from Minneapolis, I was tooling along at 70
in the right lane just north of Atlanta.  A car with a couple youngsters in it
go by in the 3rd lane at about 85, brake mildly, drift back next to me and the
passenger rolls down the window.  Waves his arms at me, gets my attention and
makes roll down the window motions.  I roll down my window and he yells "You
have a flat tire!".  Hm, I think, doesn't feel like I have one, but I pull off
onto the sholder and coast down to 20 before touching the brakes.  I check, and
sure enough, I've been sitting above the flat tire.  I blow it up a bit with a
12 volt compressor, noticing the stem is bent over a bit by the wheel cover,
but think nothing of it.  I get to a tire store, have the thing checked, and
not a leak is to be found.  It happened again while in FL, but I noticed it
before the tire went flat.  I drove back home with all 4 wheel covers in the
van.  I'm still running on the same tire 15000 miles later, but with old style
moon hubcaps.

tom

On 18 Nov 2003 at 13:58, Jim Morgan wrote:

> Hello all.
> A new craziness has appeared on the van. It seems that the stock gray plastic
> wheel
> cover has rotated its self and cut the valve stem producing a very slow leak.
> Has been driving me crazy putting in air and using soapy water to locate it.
> Minor PITA.Has any one else experienced this? Well, add this to the list of
> things to check.
>
>        : )  JIM
>
>
> Jim Morgan 86GL
> "Breadbox" 208,000.0
> Westlake,Ohio
>

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Tom Ring K0TAR, ex-WA2PHW  EN34hx
85 Westphalia GL Albert
96 Jetta GL The Intimidator
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