Puncture repair on a Skoda in Chester

Last week we had a call from a customer whose Skoda had a puncture and needed it repairing, Mark went out to her work address and repaired the puncture and the customer was ready to get back on the road again!

When we go out to a job that needs a puncture repair, we always bring with us a spare tyre, as sometimes the puncture can't be repaired or we find the tyre has been driven on whilst flat and then damaging the internal structure.

The culprit of causing the puncture was a screw! Which is a common cause of punctures, when customers phone up and say they've got a puncture. The screw was removed from the tyre and a clean 6mm hole is then drilled through the puncture. The inside area around the hole was buffed to remove the shiny surface, it is then cleaned with a thinner. Then to both the tyre and the plug patch (a mushroom shape, that goes through the hole and also covers around 40mm on the inside surface), a fast drying rubber glue is applied, which is why we cannot repair punctures that are in the shoulder of the tyre. Once tacky the patch is then pushed through the hole and hemmed into place. A sealer is then added over the patch on the inside as an extra measure. The plug through the hole is cut off level with the surface, ready for the tyre to be refitted.

The old valve was cut out and a new valve was replaced, the tyre was then refitted and inflated to the correct pressures.

Once completed the tyre was then re-balanced, cleaned as Mark always does! Then the tyre was put back onto the car, the bolts are then put back in by hand and are then torqued to the correct settings. The car was lowered off the jack, he then checked all the other tyres for condition, such as, the tread depth and tyre pressures which were all checked and corrected.