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From: 2141smh@aluxe.UUCP (henning)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Don't use "stop-leak" in tires! (use it in tubes)
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Date: Sat, 22-Sep-84 20:33:33 EDT
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Posted: Sat Sep 22 20:33:33 1984
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From the keys of Steve Henning, AT&T Bell Labs, Reading, PA aluxe!2141smh

>  I recently had a tire fixed after this gunk failed to
> seal a slow leak in one of my Michelins, and the guy at the tire
> shop showed me what this CRAP had done -- eaten all the paint off
> the rim.

You are right, you should never use "this CRAP" in a tubless tire.  You
should use a tube.  Any time I get a flat in a Michelin I get a tube put
in.
However if my garden tractor or farm tractor get a slow leak, I use the
CRAP.  The CRAP has always worked and has never rotted any tubes which I
have used for over 10 years.  Since my tractors don't have spare tire, it
is much easier to use the CRAP than remove the wheel and take it to a tire
shop.