Fewer and fewer cars are on the street with spare wheel and they replace this item by a puncture kit. Without evaluating which of the two is more convenient, we show you how to use the kit in case you emergency arises.
If your car does not have a spare wheel, you will be good to be clear how a puncture kit is used. Moreover, it is information that should handle all drivers wearing reflective safety vest because, for some years, it is rare to find a car carrying spare wheel itself and not so much one equipped with wheel cookie or not even that.
Among the arguments used by manufacturers to leave this element out of the standard equipment are weight gain and consumption. Now this does not mean you should give up traveling with a spare wheel of identical size to the four axes that fit your car in the trunk.
When you buy a car, it will normally give you three options:
– Wheel size spare (upon payment of the additional amount).
– Wheel cookie. It is known by this name to those with a limitation both in kilometers and speed and are smaller than the other four size.
– Antipinchazos Kit.
Today we are going to focus on this last item, because although the seller you have spoken of your kindness, using a puncture kit is not as easy as it seems.
For in a safe place
It is said that, when you notice that a wheel is losing air must stop running as soon as possible to prevent the movement with little pressure damaging the tire and leave the useless tire.
This maxim is completely true, but it is not unless you do not stop until you find a safe place to do so.
Once the engine stopped remembers the three letters that make your modus operandi in an emergency: PAS, ie, protect, Alerting and succor. In this case we assume that there will be injured by what you do is protect yourself and other road users safe place looking long and alerting your position with safety triangles. Remember never leave the vehicle without the reflective vest position.
Assess the situation
Out of the car, pay attention to the state of the wheel and the road conditions:
– If the affected wheel is too exposed to traffic, he calls a crane and not risk your integrity.
– If you can access it, takes the puncture kit and get to work.
Using the kit antipinchazos
The puncture kit consists of two elements:
– Liquid or foam that covers the puncture
The first thing you have to do is remove the cap from the valve. Below, you will find the howitzer, which is the part that prevents air from coming off.
If you have a manual kit, follow these steps:
– Open the can of sealant liquid. The kit includes a tube you have to build the boat and to the tire valve.
– Dumps the pot so that the liquid falls by inertia and empty all contents inside the wheel itself.
– Disconnect the valve tube, relocates the howitzer and inflates the wheel with the compressor to about 2.5 bars.
If your kit automatically antipinchazos:
– Open the pot acóplalo sealing liquid and the air compressor.
– Connect the tube to the valve compressor wheel with reflective tape and put the compressor into operation: the compressor itself introduce the liquid together with air to a pressure of about 2.5 bar.
In both cases it is desirable that last couple few kilometers to check that the tire does not lose pressure. Reached your destination, remember to pass as soon as possible by the workshop to fix the flat tire.