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Old Nov 2, 2004 | 05:41 PM
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Got 24K on my rear Bridgestone Potenza RE040's (OEM). Look like the back left tire has a slow leak. Loses about 4PSI/day. I have ordered a new set from tirerack.com ... I heard the life of these tires is around 25Kmi. Looks like I have a little tread left though. Anyone had a slow leak, or gotten more mileage?
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Old Nov 12, 2004 | 09:59 PM
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i have a slow leak in one of my front tires. I sprayed windex on it all around the rim and i can see where it is leaking. leaks about 1 psi per week so t is a really slow leak.

i used to work at intel on Chandler blvd. when i lived in AZ.
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Old Nov 13, 2004 | 01:32 PM
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If you got 24K, consider yourself fortunate and it's time to get some new tires.
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Old Dec 7, 2004 | 02:27 PM
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I have a really slow leak ~2psi a week in my rear driver RE040. Eh. Windex time...
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Old Dec 9, 2004 | 04:26 AM
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if you can't find anything in the tread that may be causing a leak, make sure you check over the inside and outside rims for bends

I had a small bend on the inside of one of my stock wheels that caused me to have a slow leak. It would only leak air if I parked the car in certain ways that would put stress on the joint b/w the tire and wheel right at the bend. Fustrating when trying to find it at firt.
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Old Dec 14, 2004 | 05:55 AM
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I had a leak on my back right tire, after 31k miles. I will say that I did not have much tread left...OK they where bald. I just filled it up every morning until my aftermarket wheels/tires got here

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Old Dec 20, 2004 | 10:57 AM
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Well, I picked up my oem wheels/tires from discount (didn't have a way to get them home during the change) and found that I had 2 nails it the tire that leaked...YUP THAT WOULD DO IT!!!!
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