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Does fix a flat ever work?
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Author:  Ed Mullen [ Mon Mar 16, 2009 3:39 pm ]
Post subject:  Does fix a flat ever work?
Why is this stuff still on the market? I had to convince myself that the first 20 times I used the stuff I was doing something wrong, or that it had been improperly stored, or it was the wrong temperature out.

All it ever does is get sticky crap on my hands clothes and rims.

It never doesn't leak out of a breach in the hose/cap/nozzle.

It never brings the rim more than an inch off the ground.

I stongly suspect that, given the right hose fittings, I could get the same, or better, results out of a can of spray adhesive.
Author:  emsvitil [ Mon Mar 16, 2009 3:46 pm ]
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The only thing that it has ever done for me is fix a slow leak..........
Author:  Reed [ Mon Mar 16, 2009 3:54 pm ]
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I have successfully made an emergency repair/tire inflation with fix-a-flat. It took about five cans, but the tire held air enough to allow me to drive from Seattle to Tacoma (roughly 36 miles) on the highway. Really only an emergency band-aid, but it does work.
Author:  bigslant6fan [ Mon Mar 16, 2009 6:37 pm ]
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All it ever does is get sticky crap on my hands clothes and rims.

And tire shops will LOVE you when they get that stuff all over their tire machines
Author:  slantzilla [ Mon Mar 16, 2009 6:47 pm ]
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I've never had any luck with it on a car/truck tire, but have used it a few times on motorcycle tires.

I always tell the tire guys it's in there.

I used to be a tire guy. :shock:
Author:  Reed [ Mon Mar 16, 2009 6:58 pm ]
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I've never had any luck with it on a car/truck tire, but have used it a few times on motorcycle tires.

I always tell the tire guys it's in there.

I used to be a tire guy. :shock:
Good point. The tire guy seemed pretty ticked when I finally took the tire in to get a new one put on....
Author:  75customdart [ Mon Mar 16, 2009 7:32 pm ]
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i the friendly tire guy hates never fix a flat. fix a flat will never cure anything. and yes i do get pissed when it gets all over my clean tire machine. but there is one thing that is worse than fix a flat and that is liquid tractor trailor tire balancer also known as baby $#!+.
Author:  65Dodge100 [ Mon Mar 16, 2009 9:07 pm ]
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I don’t think I ever got Fix-A-Flat to work for very long.

I carry a tire plug kit, pliers for pulling nails, and a cigarette lighter powered air compressor.

Plugs may give you trouble eventually but they give you a lot more time to get the tire repaired correctly. Even if you cut a tire, use three plugs and still have a slow leak, you can stop and pump it up whenever you want on the way to the tire store.

Danny
Author:  urr-lord [ Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:26 am ]
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i've had good luck with the stuff.i had one tire that i drove a year or so after use.usually it works good 1 can and a portable compressor and i'm gone.come to think of it about the only time it has not worked was a sidewall hole and a bead seperation.
Author:  THOR [ Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:04 pm ]
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Its only designed to work on the flat part of the tire (according to the can), where the tread meets the road. Alot of times I have seen Fix-a-Flat fail was where the source of the leak was unknown, and it happened to be on the sidewall, or the bead.

I've used it quite a few times with succuess, but only when the leak was known to be on the treaded area of the tire, and on a 15" or smaller tire. It works pretty well in a bicycle tube as well, used it many a time on those. In fact, you can still buy bicycle tubes with fix-a-flat (or "Slime" - the green stuff) in the tube already.

The way I found to negotiate around the leaking tube on the fix-a-flat can is to carry a few rags, and wrap them around the hose while filling... worked for me anyways. :D

~THOR~
Author:  Jopapa [ Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:57 pm ]
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Having worked at a tire shop and many times cleaned up the mess that that crap leaves, I will vehemently discourage ANYONE from using it. If you've got a leak that's too fast for you to safely make it to a tire shop and have it fixed right, then it's time to put on the spare. And if you don't have a spare, then maybe you'll learn to be better prepared next time.

That stuff is F'n worthless and actually makes it less likely that a real patch will adhere properly, which of course renders your tire just about worthless once the leak is there.

Avoid it like Amy Winehouse avoids sobriety.
Author:  00spy [ Tue Mar 17, 2009 2:04 pm ]
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Avoid it like Amy Winehouse avoids sobriety.
Should I use fix-a-flat, I say no no no.
Author:  Reed [ Tue Mar 17, 2009 2:15 pm ]
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I only used it because I was 36 miles away from home at 10 PM at night and my spare was already on the car....Like I say, emergency use only.
Author:  Bren67Cuda904 [ Tue Mar 17, 2009 4:41 pm ]
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AAA
Author:  THOR [ Wed Mar 18, 2009 2:10 pm ]
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Not all of us gots AAA tho... I don't anyways... :shock:


~THOR~
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