Motoring Discussion > Ford Mondeo IV - Slow puncture and upcoming service
Thread Author: SteelSpark Replies: 24

 Ford Mondeo IV - Slow puncture and upcoming service - SteelSpark
>> You don't say the result of the spit test but it might be worth getting
>> a valve key unscrewing the valve core half a turn and re-seating it.

Sorry, I couldn't detect a leak, but was in the process of uploading a video of the test, for a second opinion! :)

Anyway, it is redundant now, because I have tracked down the cause, there is a nail in the tread, not sure how I missed it the first time I looked, but it is quite a small head, well embedded and I was looking for it during the evening.

I suspect foul play...maybe from a neighbour that I had a bit of a run in with a few months back, since then I have found glass shards spread across the entrance to my drive and now I have picked up a nail with less than 2,000 miles driven...maybe sabotage or maybe bad luck...either way, that's a different story...

With a nail in the tread and. at a guess, probably having driven it for 500 miles with that nail, am I likely looking at a new tyre?

Any thoughts on whether I should replace with a matching tyre would be appreciated.

Thanks again.
 Messages Author Date
 Ford Mondeo IV - Slow puncture and upcomi..  SteelSpark 27 Feb 10 12:32
 Ford Mondeo IV - Slow puncture and upcom..  RattleandSmoke 27 Feb 10 12:53
 Ford Mondeo IV - Slow puncture and upco..  SteelSpark 27 Feb 10 13:07
 Ford Mondeo IV - Slow puncture and upc..  Old Navy 27 Feb 10 13:11
 Ford Mondeo IV - Slow puncture and upc..  Fenlander 27 Feb 10 13:12
 Ford Mondeo IV - Slow puncture and up..  Bellboy 27 Feb 10 13:36
 Ford Mondeo IV - Slow puncture and ..  Runfer D'Hills 27 Feb 10 13:43
 Ford Mondeo IV - Slow puncture and ..  rtj70 27 Feb 10 13:44
 Ford Mondeo IV - Slow puncture and ..  SteelSpark 27 Feb 10 14:13
 Ford Mondeo IV - Slow puncture and..  Iffy 27 Feb 10 14:40
 Ford Mondeo IV - Slow puncture..  SteelSpark 27 Feb 10 15:09
 Ford Mondeo IV - Slow puncture an..  Bellboy 27 Feb 10 15:10
 Ford Mondeo IV - Slow puncture a..  Bellboy 27 Feb 10 15:16
 Ford Mondeo IV - Slow puncture ..  SteelSpark 27 Feb 10 16:25
 Ford Mondeo IV - Slow punctur..  - 27 Feb 10 16:38
 Ford Mondeo IV - Slow puncture ..  SteelSpark 27 Feb 10 18:35
 Ford Mondeo IV - Slow puncture and..  FotheringtonTomas 27 Feb 10 16:58
 Ford Mondeo IV - Slow puncture an..  Bellboy 27 Feb 10 17:42
 Ford Mondeo IV - Slow puncture an..  SteelSpark 27 Feb 10 18:30
 Ford Mondeo IV - Slow puncture a..  rtj70 27 Feb 10 19:46
 Ford Mondeo IV - Slow puncture ..  Runfer D'Hills 27 Feb 10 19:53
 Ford Mondeo IV - Slow punctur..  SteelSpark 27 Feb 10 20:58
 Ford Mondeo IV - Slow punctu..  Arctophile 27 Feb 10 21:24
 Ford Mondeo IV - Slow punct..  Bellboy 27 Feb 10 21:29
 Ford Mondeo IV - Slow punc..  rtj70 27 Feb 10 21:41
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