Puncture repair - DIY

sweetsand

RomfordNavy said:

Just thought I would call my local Kwik-fit, they want £27 to fix a puncture!

It's not just a thought as you put it, it's a piece of mind for a safe repair and if its not safe to repair they won't. Imagine a blow out just becuse you did a reapir that was not up to speed and then get a blow out and injurying or worse other people.
Forget these self repair kits unless you are on pravte land IMHO
Look at respected tyre fit sites it looks as though if u go there to have a tyre fixed and its been plugged they rightly so won't fix the new puncture for obvious reasons.
Does anyone here fix their tyres with a plug and travel the public roads until the next puncture or tyre is worn? Is it wrth the risk of injurying other people or wose?

As i said, priavte land quad bikes, cross road bikes cars on private land fair enough you tke the risk but  must not be allowed on public roads IMO

sweetsand

Herzlos said:

shaun_from_Africa said:

molerat said:

I would say that a tyre repaired other than in accordance with the BS is not "roadworthy" but as we all know there is little chance of that being found out except in some extreme situation where the car is thoroughly investigated.

Surely if that was the case, any car being driven after a roadside repair with one of the many sealant products available would be on the road illegally as these products do not comply with the British standards for repairs and if that was the case, why do some manufacturers provide these products instead of a spare wheel? 

I thought the sealant kits were purely a temporary measure to get you to a garage that can perform a repair or replacement?

There are indeed and competent drivers would be aware of taht its a temp fix just like the spare tyre in the car that is a space saver.
Thanks

Scrapit

sweetsand said:

Herzlos said:

shaun_from_Africa said:

molerat said:

I would say that a tyre repaired other than in accordance with the BS is not "roadworthy" but as we all know there is little chance of that being found out except in some extreme situation where the car is thoroughly investigated.

Surely if that was the case, any car being driven after a roadside repair with one of the many sealant products available would be on the road illegally as these products do not comply with the British standards for repairs and if that was the case, why do some manufacturers provide these products instead of a spare wheel? 

I thought the sealant kits were purely a temporary measure to get you to a garage that can perform a repair or replacement?

There are indeed and competent drivers would be aware of taht its a temp fix just like the spare tyre in the car that is a space saver.
Thanks

And how does that relate to the British standards you referenced earlier in the thread?
Another difficult question you will ignore...

sweetsand

Scrapit said:

sweetsand said:

Herzlos said:

shaun_from_Africa said:

molerat said:

I would say that a tyre repaired other than in accordance with the BS is not "roadworthy" but as we all know there is little chance of that being found out except in some extreme situation where the car is thoroughly investigated.

Surely if that was the case, any car being driven after a roadside repair with one of the many sealant products available would be on the road illegally as these products do not comply with the British standards for repairs and if that was the case, why do some manufacturers provide these products instead of a spare wheel? 

I thought the sealant kits were purely a temporary measure to get you to a garage that can perform a repair or replacement?

There are indeed and competent drivers would be aware of taht its a temp fix just like the spare tyre in the car that is a space saver.
Thanks

And how does that relate to the British standards you referenced earlier in the thread?
Another difficult question you will ignore...

Clarify!

AdrianC

ElephantBoy57 said:

Ectophile said:

British Standard.  Expect to see a lot more references to BS numbers in the next few years as we phase out the EU standards.

We may call them British Standards, but it's unlikely to be any different from the EU standards. Emission standards will still be EURO6, we don't want more emissions.

"Euro" emission standards are nothing to do with the EU, and everything to do with UNECE - the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. Only the absolutely hard-core headbanging Brexiteers have ever suggested the UK should leave the UN.

Likewise, BS standards are rebadged EN European standards and/or ISO global ones. None of the three bodies behind EN standards - CEN, CENELEC, ETSI - are in any way EU bodies, and their memberships are all wider than the EU/EEA/EFTA we're turning our backs on.

All standardisation is settling down around three broad groups - North American, European, Far Eastern. And they're all co-operating to define a single set of global standards wherever possible. Car emissions are a very good example, with WLTP, W for World... Because what sort of insular isolationist would think turning your back on that was anything but a blindingly obvious idea?

ElephantBoy57

RomfordNavy said:

Just thought I would call my local Kwik-fit, they want £27 to fix a puncture!

You need to go to a small tyre repair center, £12 and sometimes less around where I live.

onlyfoolsandparking

Average price where I am is a tenner for repair.

sweetsand

ElephantBoy57 said:

RomfordNavy said:

Just thought I would call my local Kwik-fit, they want £27 to fix a puncture!

You need to go to a small tyre repair center, £12 and sometimes less around where I live.

27 is a quite a bit of money you dont need to spend but its better than losing a 400 pound plus at times tyre. Better reason even that that to go to a reputable tyre repair is that a badly repaired tyre can cost lives. In the scheme of things 27 pounds is not to bad

williamgriffin

sweetsand said:

ElephantBoy57 said:

RomfordNavy said:

Just thought I would call my local Kwik-fit, they want £27 to fix a puncture!

You need to go to a small tyre repair center, £12 and sometimes less around where I live.

27 is a quite a bit of money you dont need to spend but its better than losing a 400 pound plus at times tyre. Better reason even that that to go to a reputable tyre repair is that a badly repaired tyre can cost lives. In the scheme of things 27 pounds is not to bad

There are not many £400 plus tyres about. 

Mercdriver

williamgriffin said:

sweetsand said:

ElephantBoy57 said:

RomfordNavy said:

Just thought I would call my local Kwik-fit, they want £27 to fix a puncture!

You need to go to a small tyre repair center, £12 and sometimes less around where I live.

27 is a quite a bit of money you dont need to spend but its better than losing a 400 pound plus at times tyre. Better reason even that that to go to a reputable tyre repair is that a badly repaired tyre can cost lives. In the scheme of things 27 pounds is not to bad

There are not many £400 plus tyres about. 

Yes but Sandy is talking about cars for her fleet of cars, don't you know.  Can't leave very much for her private jet to Orlando