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Did you get a jack and lug wrench too? Can I ask an estimate of how much that cost? It looks to me like the CRV (mine is 2020 Hybrid) is made to fit a donut spare, and I assume the jack fits in there too.
Is the tire-repair kit multi-use?
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Where would you put the donut?
By "repaired", I'm guessing you're referring to the goo. That's intended to last until you have the tire repaired with a patch. The tire won't need to be replaced (usually).
Apparently bringing in a tire in that has been temp-patched with goo is fairly common these days... almost expected.
ON my last nail puncture, I brought it to AmerciasTire (the only tire shop I do business with) to have it permanently repaired, and they asked me what I patched the tire with because they could not find any colored sealant. I explained that I carry an old school rubber tire plug&patch kit and I simply used that to do the temporary patch and then inflated the tire with my portable air inflator that I always carry in my vehicle. I asked why they did not see the plug protruding on the inside of the tire, and they admitted they did, but did not connect the dots on how I patched it. The tech smiled and said I saved him some time having to clean out any surplus goo before patching and balancing.
Thanks.
Here's the replacement sealant for that unit: https://www.amazon.com/AIRMAN-43330...1&keywords=resq+sealant&qid=1613697924&sr=8-1
I'm confident the sealant can be transferred from the 450ml ResQ replacement container to the 450ml Honda/ITW container.
That's a good reason to carry a spare, but not the only one. The TRK is good for a narrow band of tire punctures-- small enough and round enough punctures in the tread itself. Larger than a certain size, or in the sidewall, and without a spare you're SOL and better have water and blankets.
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Tire sealant is not an ideal solution. Why you shouldn't use tire sealant. Another article: Why tire sealant might not be the solution. Having to do this in case of a flat would be more than reason enough for me not to consider a CR-V hybrid.
Meh. Since we have tire pressure sensors that tell you when a tire is getting low, there's usually more than enough time to get it repaired. It's not like the old days, when you suddenly felt the tire thumping.
Thanks for a useful post, although it doesn't answer my question. That answer has been supplied by the manufacturer of the Honda-supplied repair kit: It is not intended for multiple uses. It is intended that we replace the sealant after each use.
I agree that sealant is not an ideal solution. However as the first article you've cited points out, about 1/3 of new cars come without spares. For those who've bought a spareless vehicle and who don't feel competent to use an alternative patching strategy, the Honda-supplied kit is better than nothing. Personally, I leave the Honda-suppied kit at home and carry my own 12v compressor and a pack of tire plugs.
Though blowouts are much rarer today, hitting a left-behind sharp object will cause rapid deflation in an otherwise good tire, especially on roads that carry a lot of construction traffic. I speak from experience. Last year we got a sudden flat while riding in the 405 freeway's diamond lane, so it can and does happen, even to nice people.
Yup, just ask the late pilots of Air France flight 4590 (Concorde).
Wonder what kind of tire-repair kit they were carrying.
Through an airport-terminal window, I once watched a tire change on a jumbo jet. I guess I was expecting some kind of high-tech machine, but in fact a couple of aircraft-maintenance dudes drove up in a cart, pulled a large, hygraulic floor jack off it, put the jack under the wheel truck, jacked the damned thing up about a foot, used a power-driver to remove about 15 lug nuts, pulled the wheel off, replaced it, then replaced the lug nuts. It was kind of a kick.
You're safe on the 405. You couldn't have been going more than 5 mph
I thought I had read in the instructions for the kit, or maybe on the kit itself, it said to use the whole can of sealant. Most of those are that way, use it all, as if you go light it may not hold. As has been said it may not hold even if you use the whole can, but using it all, gives you the best chance of it working at all.
Generally true. This was pose COVID-19. We were able to see pavement ahead of us.You're safe on the 405. You couldn't have been going more than 5 mph
yes, it's just goo to fill the void. If repairable, they need to put a patch on the inside of the tire
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