The Curse of the Front Left Tire
I went Christmas shopping today. Yes, I know. There are still two days till Christmas but I wanted to get an early jump on things this year :)
So I stopped by the gas station to fill up my front left tire that I talked about on Sunday--the tire that has a slow leak all the time. The mechanic, who I'm on a first name basis with, said he wanted to look at it. Guess what? There was a nail in it. That explains the slow leak. So he patched the tire and I was so excited. No more regular stop at the gas station to fill it up with air. What will I do with all my extra free time?
So I drove out to the mall. When I came out the tire was flat. And my lug nut remover (not sure of the official name) didn't fit all the lug nuts. So I couldn't even put my spare tire on. So I called AAA. Then I called Tim after AAA said it'd take three hours :) He brought out his "t" lug nut remover (not sure of the official name) and we successfully changed the tire.
So I went back to the mechanic, who I'm on a first name basis with, and told him what happened. Here's what we discovered. About a year ago, I got a cap to put on the little nozzle that sticks out of your tire that you use to fill it up with air (not sure of the official name). The cap told you how much air you have in your tire. And it's green if you have enough and red if you'd don't. Guess what? It causes air to leak. The mechanic, who I'm on a first name basis with, put it on and sure enough, it lets the air out. Now that sort of defeats the purpose don't you think? An air gauge cap that lets air out.
Long story short: I got a flat tire today. You know something went wrong when you come home and you've got tire grease all over your hands.
So I stopped by the gas station to fill up my front left tire that I talked about on Sunday--the tire that has a slow leak all the time. The mechanic, who I'm on a first name basis with, said he wanted to look at it. Guess what? There was a nail in it. That explains the slow leak. So he patched the tire and I was so excited. No more regular stop at the gas station to fill it up with air. What will I do with all my extra free time?
So I drove out to the mall. When I came out the tire was flat. And my lug nut remover (not sure of the official name) didn't fit all the lug nuts. So I couldn't even put my spare tire on. So I called AAA. Then I called Tim after AAA said it'd take three hours :) He brought out his "t" lug nut remover (not sure of the official name) and we successfully changed the tire.
So I went back to the mechanic, who I'm on a first name basis with, and told him what happened. Here's what we discovered. About a year ago, I got a cap to put on the little nozzle that sticks out of your tire that you use to fill it up with air (not sure of the official name). The cap told you how much air you have in your tire. And it's green if you have enough and red if you'd don't. Guess what? It causes air to leak. The mechanic, who I'm on a first name basis with, put it on and sure enough, it lets the air out. Now that sort of defeats the purpose don't you think? An air gauge cap that lets air out.
Long story short: I got a flat tire today. You know something went wrong when you come home and you've got tire grease all over your hands.
2 Comments:
Glad you know what s wrong w/ the tire from the mechanic. :)
I'm so fascinated by this mechanic, who you are on a first name basis with. I'm guessing that little statement says a whole lot more than what the blog itself says :)
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