Flat Tire + Mobility Kit Question

dbs600 · 05-20-2014, 02:58 PM

What’s the best way to fix a non-runflat flat tire with the BMW mobility kit?

Remove the wheel from the car to find the area needing to be fixed?

Any easy way to determine same with the wheel on the car? Listen for air escaping?

Just trying to figure out how I’d manage a flat with non-runflats with no spare…

bake · 05-21-2014, 12:18 PM

I went a different route, but here was my solution. Takes up a fair amount of space in my trunk, but my trunk is completely empty 99% of the time anyway.

http://f10.5post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=936545

dbs600 · 05-21-2014, 10:59 PM

Thanks.

raleedy · 05-22-2014, 09:21 AM

Since the mobility kit doesn't include a jack or a lug wrench, and neither does the car itself, I don't see folks taking the wheel off to fix a flat that way. The kits I've seen include puncture-sealing slime rather than plugs. So you don't really need to find where the air's coming out -- just fill the tire with the slime, rotate wheel to spread it around, then inflate.

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bake Colonel 602 Rep 2,195 Posts Drives: 2011 F10, 2013 E93 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: New York iTrader: (9)	I went a different route, but here was my solution. Takes up a fair amount of space in my trunk, but my trunk is completely empty 99% of the time anyway. http://f10.5post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=936545 __________________ *Bake* 2011 Alpine White on Black 535i M-Sport 2013 Space Gray on Fox Red M3 Vert
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raleedy Colonel 160 Rep 2,248 Posts Drives: 2016 228i 6-speed Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Portland, Oregon iTrader: (0)	Since the mobility kit doesn't include a jack or a lug wrench, and neither does the car itself, I don't see folks taking the wheel off to fix a flat that way. The kits I've seen include puncture-sealing slime rather than plugs. So you don't really need to find where the air's coming out -- just fill the tire with the slime, rotate wheel to spread it around, then inflate.
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