How to Fix a Flat Car Tire With Fix a Flat

Nothing is worse than having a flat tire, except having it happen in the snow or rain and at night. What miserable conditions to have to jack the car up and change the tire. Not only is it dangerous but it puts you in danger from other motorists with reduced vision. Keep a can of "fix a flat" handy in the trunk for emergencies like this.

Instructions

1. Pull over and off the road, as soon as you know that your tire is flat. If you continue to drive on a flat tire, you will reach a point before long where you have started to shred the tire with the wheel rim. The rim will cut through the sidewall of the tire and you will have no choice but to change the tire on the road.

2. Get out of the car and examine the flat. See if there are any gashes visible in the main part of the tire. Open your trunk and remove the can of Fix a Flat. Proceed to the flat tire and remove the valve stem cover. Save the cap in your pocket to reuse.

3. Attach the can of Fix a Flat to the valve stem. You can hear the can dispensing into the tire. A mixture of rubber and aerosols dispenses into the tire. It accomplishes two tasks. First, it patches the hole with a rubber compound and second, it inflates the tire to a drivable condition.

4. Replace the valve stem cover from your pocket and drive the car immediately. The rubber compound needs to circulate on the inside surface to seal the hole. Drive immediately to the nearest service station to fill the tire to its normal pressure.

5. Understand that you cannot depend on this for long, but take the tire to the service center and get a proper repair of the hole or replace the tire.