Efficient tyre sealant tips for all car owners

More and more cars are sold without spare wheels and are supplied with an emergency repair kit instead nowadays. Tyre sealant becomes increasingly important for car repairing. Car tyre sealant kits are a fast and reliable way to quickly get back on the road in the event of a puncture, car owners may be much more familiar with car air freshener than tyre sealant, but knowing how to repair cars is as important as scent your cars.

Prepare repair kit on your car

Repair kit is usually found under the boot floor. In most cases, the sealant is pressurized, so you simply need to remove the cap and connect the bottle to the valve on the wheel. If the hole does not seal immediately, try rolling the car forwards a few meters to spread the sealant around the inside of the tyre. A tyre repair kit will get you out of trouble for most punctures, but it is no good for holes larger than about 4mm.

Keep your spare tyre inflated

Check the spare regularly for pressure and condition before droving the car. Many modern cars don't have a spare wheel and are supplied with a tyre repair kit instead.

Which cars come with spare tyres?

A latest investigation reveals that less than 30% of all new cars now have a spare wheel as standard. And the price checks show that replacing the tyre sealant canisters in the repair kits, which you have to do each time the repair kit is used, can cost £50 –  almost as much as you’d pay for a spare wheel as an optional extra on a new car.

How to fix a tyre

1. Read and follow the directions on the can of sealant you have brought. If necessary, attempt to locate and pull out the object that has punctured your tire. And then unscrew your valve cap and attach the nozzle of the product to the tire valve stem and press a button to release the contents.

2. Loosen lug nuts with a tire wrench with the car on the ground. And lift up the car with a jack at the jacking point. Remove the lug nuts and pull the wheel off the hub.

3. Examine the tire for foreign objects like rocks or nails. Pull out any object with a pair of pliers and mark the spot with chalk or markers. Apply the soapy mixture to the surface of the tire.

4. Locate the rasp tool contained in the tire plug kit and insert it into and out of the hole quickly. This tool will clean and roughen the area so the fix will stick.

5. Fill the plug and with cement from the kit. Use the insertion tool to place the plug into the hole. Allow the adhesive to dry for at least a minute, and then cut away the excess plug material from the tire surface.

6. Pump air into the tire and check that the tire is at the correct air pressure and then apply some soap mixture onto the plugged hole to check the seal to make sure it is holding, and lastly, put the tire back on the hub and tighten the lug nuts using a star pattern.

Knowing how to repair tyre can help you out of embarrass situations when your car is broken and you don’t know what to do. Repair kits may marginally improve fuel efficiency of a car, but they’ll be more expensive if you get a puncture because you have to replace the sealant canister and the tyre. So it is a necessary to have a tyre sealant for your car.