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06-11-2006, 03:05 PM
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Tonight i was crusing at around 80km/h when bling bling tyre puncture. I then pull up the car and inspect visualy the tires feeling for any loose of pressure. Nothing seemed wrong. I start moving at around 80lm/h and after 10-15 km i pull up again to inspect. Nothing wrong at that time also. Now i couldn't tell if any of the tires lost pressure but i presume that even if the car has RF tires i should see visualy a bit of loose pressure or at least feel the tire soften a bit no?
Then i went off again and i started to feel for any weird behaivoir from the handling or steering. Nothing wrong. Hmmm...i then pulled over re-initialised the RPA system and thought this way: if one or more tires are loosing pressure then even now after re-initialisation the tire puncture message should re-appear in a couple of km or so since it's not like it lost pressure than and now it's not. After that nothing appeard and reached home with another 100km on the clock. Nothing special now either (and i suspect that even with the stiffen tire side walls one should be able to spot a flat tire).
PS: After re-initial i reached even top speeds (255km/h) since i was on a highway.
So what do you guys think? Could it be just an error? How can i properly inspect for smth wrong without going through all the effort of getting all 4 tires down and analised?! Shouldn't the message reappear tomorrow or within the next days if smth really was wrong?Thanx
Then i went off again and i started to feel for any weird behaivoir from the handling or steering. Nothing wrong. Hmmm...i then pulled over re-initialised the RPA system and thought this way: if one or more tires are loosing pressure then even now after re-initialisation the tire puncture message should re-appear in a couple of km or so since it's not like it lost pressure than and now it's not. After that nothing appeard and reached home with another 100km on the clock. Nothing special now either (and i suspect that even with the stiffen tire side walls one should be able to spot a flat tire).
PS: After re-initial i reached even top speeds (255km/h) since i was on a highway.
So what do you guys think? Could it be just an error? How can i properly inspect for smth wrong without going through all the effort of getting all 4 tires down and analised?! Shouldn't the message reappear tomorrow or within the next days if smth really was wrong?Thanx
06-11-2006, 04:32 PM
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well...ill be honest with you..visually it is "almost" impossible to tell which RFT tyre is puctured. espically if its a small and slow punctre and you dont know which tyre to look at. as for handling that, just like the visual aspect of the tyre, does not change and become noticeable untill you have lost a siginificat amount of air from the tyre...
now, about the message should reappear on your screen if there is a real puncture, at most within two days but if you use your car for long distaces i suspect that the message will reapear tomorrow...
if you have a presure gauge..i suggest you get your tyre presures checked just to be sure and know which tyre has the problem and to keep an eye on that tyre...
but i hope its just a false alarm...i really do...
now, about the message should reappear on your screen if there is a real puncture, at most within two days but if you use your car for long distaces i suspect that the message will reapear tomorrow...
if you have a presure gauge..i suggest you get your tyre presures checked just to be sure and know which tyre has the problem and to keep an eye on that tyre...
but i hope its just a false alarm...i really do...
06-12-2006, 12:59 AM
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Originally Posted by madoon' post='296084' date='Jun 12 2006, 03:32 AM
well...ill be honest with you..visually it is "almost" impossible to tell which RFT tyre is puctured. espically if its a small and slow punctre and you dont know which tyre to look at. as for handling that, just like the visual aspect of the tyre, does not change and become noticeable untill you have lost a siginificat amount of air from the tyre...
now, about the message should reappear on your screen if there is a real puncture, at most within two days but if you use your car for long distaces i suspect that the message will reapear tomorrow...
if you have a presure gauge..i suggest you get your tyre presures checked just to be sure and know which tyre has the problem and to keep an eye on that tyre...
but i hope its just a false alarm...i really do...
now, about the message should reappear on your screen if there is a real puncture, at most within two days but if you use your car for long distaces i suspect that the message will reapear tomorrow...
if you have a presure gauge..i suggest you get your tyre presures checked just to be sure and know which tyre has the problem and to keep an eye on that tyre...
but i hope its just a false alarm...i really do...
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Not sure if you have run-flats or proper tyres?
Either way - you may not necessarily SEE evidence of the puncture.
Check your tyre pressure every day or so to see if any tyres are loosing air - I had a VERY slow puncture which visually looked fine for several weeks, but kept activating the warning bongs.
If your pressures are constant and the bonging doesn't come back - it could just be a false alarm - I have had one of these since - which I think was due to an odd road surface (undulating) confusing the sensor.
Either way - you may not necessarily SEE evidence of the puncture.
Check your tyre pressure every day or so to see if any tyres are loosing air - I had a VERY slow puncture which visually looked fine for several weeks, but kept activating the warning bongs.
If your pressures are constant and the bonging doesn't come back - it could just be a false alarm - I have had one of these since - which I think was due to an odd road surface (undulating) confusing the sensor.
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Originally Posted by needforspeed' post='296264' date='Jun 12 2006, 12:01 PM
Not sure if you have run-flats or proper tyres?
Either way - you may not necessarily SEE evidence of the puncture.
Check your tyre pressure every day or so to see if any tyres are loosing air - I had a VERY slow puncture which visually looked fine for several weeks, but kept activating the warning bongs.
If your pressures are constant and the bonging doesn't come back - it could just be a false alarm - I have had one of these since - which I think was due to an odd road surface (undulating) confusing the sensor.
Either way - you may not necessarily SEE evidence of the puncture.
Check your tyre pressure every day or so to see if any tyres are loosing air - I had a VERY slow puncture which visually looked fine for several weeks, but kept activating the warning bongs.
If your pressures are constant and the bonging doesn't come back - it could just be a false alarm - I have had one of these since - which I think was due to an odd road surface (undulating) confusing the sensor.
BTW i have RF tires. Goodyear NCT 5. I don't know where you understood that but it doesn't matter. You gave me hope...
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Originally Posted by BetterMakeWay' post='296287' date='Jun 12 2006, 06:00 PM
Yes i was exactly on that kind of surface at rather medium speeds 80-90km/h. Undulating rather quickly.
BTW i have RF tires. Goodyear NCT 5. I don't know where you understood that but it doesn't matter. You gave me hope...
BTW i have RF tires. Goodyear NCT 5. I don't know where you understood that but it doesn't matter. You gave me hope...
06-12-2006, 04:13 AM
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Originally Posted by AC_S5' post='296304' date='Jun 12 2006, 02:40 PM
Just check the tire pressure first but I wouldn't be doing 225km/h if I were you.
06-12-2006, 05:26 AM
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You won't visually see any difference in tire pressure if you have runflats. You'll have to use a pressure guage to see which one is flat. Once your puncture your tire, you have about 100 miles of drive left on them.
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Originally Posted by marc545i' post='296344' date='Jun 12 2006, 02:26 PM
You won't visually see any difference in tire pressure if you have runflats. You'll have to use a pressure guage to see which one is flat. Once your puncture your tire, you have about 100 miles of drive left on them.
Not always the case. I had a runflat blow out & pulled up after just a few (less than ten) miles having not exceeded 40mph - the sidewall had detatched from the tread along 1/3 of the radius - not good at all.
Now I've swapped all four to 'normal' tyres but since then the runflat indicator is going off every few days - I'm booked in for BMW to de-sensitise it - normal tyres alter their rolling radius more than runflats with temperature changes.
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