flat tires

[willnick]

Heres one that the techs will probably find amuseing. A buddy of mine aired up all 4 tires durring and oil change and parked the car outside. Keep in mind that it is now in the middle of winter and below freezing temps. The owner took the car and went shopping for an hour and came outside to find all 4 tires flat. He called the shop back and expressed his dismay with the service he recieved. Turns out that the drain for the air compressor hadn't been opened in quite some time and the water made its way through the air hose and froze in the valve core allowing for a slow air leak. Once they drained a gallon or so of water from the air compressor the service manager had to apologize to the customer and the tech. Needless to say the compressor was drained on a regular basis from then on. Bill

[mytoyrolla]

yes iv had the same thing hapen to me but fortunatly i noticed the ice strate away and fixed the problem before i let the car go back to the customer. wen i drained the compresor i water judt kept on cuming the compresor hadint been drained for about 4 months or sumthing stupid infact we still hardly ever drain it lol

[re-tired]

Anybody think to check for water in the tires. Once i had a rotate and bal job . one tire would spin up a diff reading every time. finally dismounted and found about a pint of water inside .

[Sentra Asking]

I shared a ride one winter with this guy that had 1/2 gallon of water in one tire. At first is shook like crazy, but after it warmed up, the ice just settled to the bottom and floated.

[uptownautoservice]

Well, same thing happened to me and fixed the problem before I let the car go back..