Screw in Tire - No leak after removed - Patch or leave it?

[spasm3]

Could you push a strand of plug into the hole for a bit of feel good insurance?

I wonder if doing that would help prevent water intrusion getting to the steel belts?

 

[SupremePossum]

I wonder if doing that would help prevent water intrusion getting to the steel belts?

Could probably just squeeze some rubber schmoo in there

 

[Hall]

Use your now Identical OEM Wheel and Tire that's currently your Spare as your New Wheel and Tire, and take the Current Wheel and Tire that you removed the Screw from and use it as your Spare tire.
Problem.Solved

And then when he/she needs the spare, they find out that it did in fact have a tiny, slow leak and now it's deflated....

 

[Hall]

Could probably just squeeze some rubber schmoo in there

If you do find some sort of moisture sealant, use a syringe to get it in there. Otherwise, absolutely do not stick anything else in there and make it worse (or a larger hole).

 

[4wd]

Could probably just squeeze some rubber schmoo in there

if you think that screw made it within a few 0.001 of the core - put it to rest as your spare because that area of the tire experiences cyclic stress reversals - that’s why they don’t get repaired right there …

 

[iCurious]

You could have just sprayed soapy water to confirm without the hassle of going anywhere.

 

[SupremePossum]

You could have just sprayed soapy water to confirm without the hassle of going anywhere.

What do you think the liquid was in the first pictures?

 

[SupremePossum]

if you think that screw made it within a few 0.001 of the core - put it to rest as your spare because that area of the tire experiences cyclic stress reversals - that’s why they don’t get repaired right there …

I would rather have a potential dud on the drive tire than the spare. The spare is the one you need to be able to depend on!