So I just bought a '76 fiat spider. Pretty decent little car, all in
all.
One problem the owner pointed out sounded a little strange, though.
The tires lose air pressure pretty quickly. Tires are new, valve
stems are new. Wheels are 30-year old steel fiat wheels. They're
old, but they don't look banged up.
The guy who owned it said that the wheels themselves leaked -- like
there were cracks in the rim or something.
So, a few questions: while I've heard of wheels cracking around the
studs, I don't think I've heard of cracks out at the rim. Does this
seem odd?
How would I go about checking this? It takes a couple of days to
lose ~10 lbs pressure -- is that too slow to do a soapy-water test?
Might it be bad valve stems, or valves?
Anyway, thought I'd run it by the list and see what you think.
Thanks,
Matt
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