Ive got a slow leak in my front left tire. I put air in every couple days. Will Fix a Flat work till i buy a new tire or is that only good for flat tires. Is there something else to use?
are the pads glazed? if you have access to a machine shop you might wish to have them surface ground to get the glazing off. your rotors might need resurfaced, too
I'd get the tire either patched or plugged. If you decide to go the Fix a Flat route remember some brands use PROPANE as propellant. Be careful when inflating or adjusting the air pressure in that tire from then on.
There are 2 potential problems with using Fix-a-flat. If either one applies to you, I would not use it. 1) If you have alluminum wheels. Fix-a-flat will eat away at the finish on the inside of the wheel, and eventually cause a leak in the wheel, which would eventually cause you to replace an expensive wheel. 2) if your car is 2003 or newer, it probably has a tire pressure sensor inside the wheel that lets you know if a tire is low. There is a tiny hole in the sensor where air goes through to monitor the air pressure. Fix-a-flat can clog that tiny hole, ruining the tire sensor, causing you to replace an expensive sensor.
Fix a flat is good for emergency's,to get you to a place where they can fix your tire,but be sure that you tell the person that is going to work on your tire that you have used Fix a flat,there have been cases were the tire has exploded while they were taken the tire off the ream,
