Been having issues with leaking beads on my '07 Pacifica. They've been on there for a couple years now, but I've been plagued by a slow leak in one that need topping up every 2-3 weeks. Finally discovered it was the bead leaking, so I took it in to have it remounted. Tire place applied some bead sealer and I can confidently say that one is leak free now.
While I had the car there, I had them change one of the TPMS sensors (dead battery) on a different tire. Today was a good cold morning so I checked pressures on all four and discovered the one they installed the sensor on was about 10 PSI low. Now its bead is leaking, where it wasn't before, the only thing they did was install that sensor. I also noticed I have a slight bead leak on another one of the tires, but it must be leaking so slow that I've never noticed it.
What gives? Is this a tire problem, wheel problem, or installer problem? Tires are Cooper CS5 Ultras, installer seems reputable enough, and I can't fathom 3 wheels being bad on the car. Is the solution just to take the car back and have them remount with bead sealer? Curious why these might be giving me so much trouble. I install my mower tires by hand on rims that are far from perfect with no bead sealer whatsoever and they come out leak free every time.
Rim that had new sensor installed:
Rim that [evidently] has been leaking 2 years and I've never noticed.
While I had the car there, I had them change one of the TPMS sensors (dead battery) on a different tire. Today was a good cold morning so I checked pressures on all four and discovered the one they installed the sensor on was about 10 PSI low. Now its bead is leaking, where it wasn't before, the only thing they did was install that sensor. I also noticed I have a slight bead leak on another one of the tires, but it must be leaking so slow that I've never noticed it.
What gives? Is this a tire problem, wheel problem, or installer problem? Tires are Cooper CS5 Ultras, installer seems reputable enough, and I can't fathom 3 wheels being bad on the car. Is the solution just to take the car back and have them remount with bead sealer? Curious why these might be giving me so much trouble. I install my mower tires by hand on rims that are far from perfect with no bead sealer whatsoever and they come out leak free every time.
Rim that had new sensor installed:
Rim that [evidently] has been leaking 2 years and I've never noticed.