![]() So, leaving a can of Fix-A-Flat in your wife's car, along with a compressor, is not a bad idea, Jeffrey. It's powered by the car's power point (aka cigarette lighter). You can address that by keeping a little compressor in the car, like the one Fiat provides. So if your tire is really flat and riding close to the rim, the contents of the can won't give you enough air to drive on. So if you live where it gets cold, and you keep it in your trunk, you may have to cuddle the can to your bosom in the passenger compartment for an hour or two until it turns back into liquid.Īlso, there's not much additional air in that can. The stuff freezes when it's below 32 degrees. ![]() Unless, perhaps, you can stuff the can itself into the hole.Īnd there are other limitations to keep in mind. If you have a gash in your sidewall, or you backed over the spikes in a rental car return lot, or sustained any serious damage, a can of Fix-A-Flat is not going to help you at all. The idea is that it allows you to get off the side of the road and get home, or get to a tire repair place.Īnd it won't work for every flat tire. Once inside the tire, the slime hardens against the inside of the tire and, hopefully, covers up the hole.īut it's a temporary fix. The can contains a liquid that's injected into the tire, along with additional air. If you have a small hole in the tire - from a nail, for instance - or a slow leak around the rim, products like Fix-A-Flat can work well as temporary solutions. ![]() The oil must have been for dipping your bread in while waiting for the tow truck if the flat fixer didn't work. In the first Fiat 500 we test drove, instead of a spare tire I remember finding a can of "flat fixer," a little air compressor and a bottle of Filippo Berio Extra Virgin Olive Oil. There even are a few small cars that come equipped with that stuff in the trunk. ![]() I am in the Navy and am trying to ensure that my wife has a backup plan to changing a tire if AAA is delayed for several hours (not a good thing with a 4-year-old in the back seat). I'm wondering if you would comment on tire-repair-in-a-can products like Fix-A-Flat for emergency tire repair. ![]()
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