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Summary: Sealant to fix a flat tire works temporarily only; the car should be taken to get a replacement tire. Learn to use tire sealant to fix a flat tire from an auto mechanic in this free auto repair video.
Mitch Jones has been working on cars as a hobby and made it into a career over the past 11 years. Jones specializes in European vehicles, but can fix most problems on any make and...read more
"The other thing that I forgot to cover is the tire sealant. Now what this does right here is say if you were riding down the highway and you had a small obstruction like I just fixed but you didn't have the time or the tools to do it you could go to any one of your auto parts stores and get a form of tire sealant. Now what this does it is just a quick fix so I would not suggest like if you just got your tire punctured putting this in and thinking that it was going to last for a long time but what it does basically, it kind of fills the obstruction to where you can safely get to a place to get a new tire or get the tire repaired and it is pretty basic, pretty basic instruction. There are several different forms of this stuff but you just read the instructions and apply it as needed but then it does have its disadvantages because it will throw the wheel weight off on the tire and it will cause a vibration in the vehicle so if you can't fix the tire where you are at then that is fine but this stuff is like a quick fix and this should do well like if you need to get home soon. So that concludes tire sealant."