Anybody familiar with green slime to fix a leaking tire?

My Wife's OT daily has a tire leaking down. I have submersed the tire/wheel in water and soapy water, and am completely unable to locate a leak. A buddy told me to buy a product called Green Slime, which is kind of a "fix a flat" product. He swears it will seal any leaking tire! Anybody else here ever use it?
Thanks

 

Used it plenty of times, not a permanent fix. I have even used it on an Air Bag...

 

use it in the 4MPH lawn mower tires works fine

 

Makes a mess inside your wheels and lasts a year. Your tire store will hate you.

 

I chased a slow leak for four years on my wifes dd, spray dish washer soap around the valve stem and wait patiently, it'll be there. Green slime? The tire shop will call you names......

 

No on the slime.

 

I used a sheetmetal screw with generous amounts of rubber cement in the wound. It still holds, after nearly 2 years.
The slime is quite messy, when it's time to remove the tire from the wheel. All that stuff's good for is to make tire mechanics laugh at all the dirty jokes you can think of when they get confronted with the goop

 

Don't use green slime it makes a mess inside the tire and the rim. Check the valve stem, if running old rims the tires may not be sealing right. Have a good tire store check the tire and rim. Good luck..........

CRUISER

 

My two cents , just take it the tire shop to repair if you can't locate the leak. In my experience tire shops charge extra if you have used a fix flat or slime product.

 

Just fix it!

 

Love to fix it. Can't find it! I just went to the slime website, and it ain't sounding like something I want to use with Aluminum Alloy wheels anyway.

 

If you can't find the leak have you tried putting in a new valve and resealling the bead with bead sealer? Sometimes bead leaks are hard to find. It's almost like they can leak intermittently


Posted from the TJJ App for iPhone & iPad

 

Don't do it. I used to change tires at a gas station and we loved to crack jokes about the idiots who had that crap in a tire. Then we'd tack $5 to the repair. Payed for lunch.

 

Aluminum alloy wheels can link, check the rim for leaks too. If, the rim leaks it can be tig welded.

CRUISER

 

I owned a tire store for a long time and I can tell you first hand that we hated that crap but it does work short term. Lots of 4 wheeler guys use it.

 

I use it all of the time. It is NOT the same as the Fix-a-flat crap in the can. My tire guys are happy to have my business, and don't complain, 'cause they're not jerks.

 

Or do they wait for you to leave?

 

my old man swears by that stuff.

 

Alloy wheels? There's your problem. I have an O/T Dodge Stratus with alloys. No matter what I do, when I get back to Florida after 6 months, the right front is always flat. I've tried to fix it but can't. The local tire guy finally gave up. We figure it's probably a porous rim. After this and other problems over the years, nothing but steel wheels for me (at least on DD's).

 

My wife's dd with alloy wheels leaked like crazy to and I never could find it! I just bought steel wheels and hubcaps from a similar model(same make) and have been happy since. Live with constantly checking it until its time for new tires, and then "upgrade" to steelies!


Posted from the TJJ App for iPhone & iPad

 

I used Green Slime in my DD when tire shops couldn't find any leak but the tire kept going down. Slime stopped the leak instantly. Some years later, I had the tire replaced and expected to see a mess inside the tire. There wasn't any. Green Slime wasn't gooey like most other leak stopper products. I'd recommend it to anyone.

 

It is wonderful when using a tube.

Use a plug on tubeless.

If its in the side wall..... get a new tire, and slime won't work there anyway.

 

Never thought about using Green Slime in a tube. Good idea! Been avoiding tube type tires for years since what is often just a slow leak puncture tubeless is a quick flat with the same puncture on a tube.

 

Put it in one of the fronts on my backhoe, worked. Probably would take 5 gallons for a rear, 16.9 x 28s. Tractor supply sells it so I'm not the only one using it. Top speed's about 20MPH so no worries. Joe H

 

And destroys the inside of the tire..put the spare on & go get the tire fixed...

I hated that shit when I was slinging tires....

 

Just saw its alloy rims....99% of the time the leak will be oxidized paint/lacquer finish with the air working its way slowly through...

 

Take the tire to a GOOD tire place, have them remove the tire, clean the bead area of the rim and tire, remove the valve stem and wire brush tho hole real good, apply sealer to the new stem and bead and reassemble. Gary

 

If you put it in there "do not smoke or have open flames" close. My buddy burnt off all his hair installing this stuff while smokeing

 

I run it in my dirt bike. Seals cactus punctures all day long.