Ford Focus 1.6 .. do you have one?

maniac886

I was just wondering...I need to get a small puncture sorted on one of my tyres...does the wheel need to be balanced again when the puncture is fixed? cheers

Pyewacket338

'51 plate 1.6 3 door focus
I get 400 miles from a tankfull.
Has yours been serviced? filters, plugs etc?

tomstickland

- 2) Train yourself to accelerate SLOWLY (unless a real
emergency)

There is research that suggests that moderately hard acceleration is more efficient than slow acceleration.

Pyewacket338

maniac886 wrote: »

I was just wondering...I need to get a small puncture sorted on one of my tyres...does the wheel need to be balanced again when the puncture is fixed? cheers

It's best to have it re-balanced, they'll take the tyre off the rim and it wont be put back on the same way, if it's had weights added to balance up any discrepancy in the tyre, it'll all be out of kilter.

maniac886

Pyewacket338 wrote: »

It's best to have it re-balanced, they'll take the tyre off the rim and it wont be put back on the same way, if it's had weights added to balance up any discrepancy in the tyre, it'll all be out of kilter.

Cheers buddy...what sort of price should i be paying do you reckon?

sujman

maniac886 wrote: »

Cheers buddy...what sort of price should i be paying do you reckon?

I recently paid £5 for punture repair and re-balance and £1 for fitting back onto car, so £6 all in!!

goldspanners

maniac886 wrote: »

Cheers buddy...what sort of price should i be paying do you reckon?

well i took my works van to kwik fit ( i know i know,dont start ) they charged my company £17 for the pleasure of repairing a puncture. i was desperate and it was the only place without me having to change the wheel. (lazy i know,but it was freezing)

i have seen smaller local independants doing it for under a tenner,if it were my own car i would have found one of these places in my own time.

goldspanners

oh and maniac if its the rear tyre there is no big deal in getting it balanced, but if its under a tenner then its probably worth getting them to do it incase you decide to rotate tyres later on.

maniac886

goldspanners wrote: »

well i took my works van to kwik fit ( i know i know,dont start ) they charged my company £17 for the pleasure of repairing a puncture. i was desperate and it was the only place without me having to change the wheel. (lazy i know,but it was freezing)

i have seen smaller local independants doing it for under a tenner,if it were my own car i would have found one of these places in my own time.

maniac886

goldspanners wrote: »

oh and maniac if its the rear tyre there is no big deal in getting it balanced, but if its under a tenner then its probably worth getting them to do it incase you decide to rotate tyres later on.

I normally inflate my tyres on a weekly basis and have noticed that this rear tyre has been going down 4-5psi a week unlike the others which go down 1-2 psi a week. There is a Kwik Fit just down the road but I have not got £600 for new brakes,shocks, exhaust etc!