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May 15, 2022 15:17:21 GMT
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Sorry this is a bit new for on here, my 2007 Ford Fiesta (The Nailesta) has had a bit of a slow leak on the drivers side front tyre, I was pumping it up once a fortnight when it started to look a bit soft. The tyres were at the end of their lifespan and only had a month or two left in them so I put up with it and ordered some new ones, I asked the tyre place to have a look at it and they said that the old tyre looked fine with no nails etc. The new tyre went down even faster, the first time it lasted a week and they then had a look at it again and reconed it was leaking around the rim so they cleaned it up and used some bead sealer on it. This didn't help matters. I've taken the wheel off today and put some water around the rim and it didn't seem to be leaking but a bit of further invesigation found a leak from the rim where its welded to the wheel middle. A bit of poking around produced this and a tyre that went totally flat in about 10 seconds. Scraping around the rim I found a few more holes, i've ordered a good secondhand rim (I hope) and when that arrives I will check the others on the car. Has anyone seen this before, especially on something relativly new? The car itself has had a bit of welding but its coming to something when the wheel are rusting through!
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Last Edit: May 17, 2022 17:23:52 GMT by Rich
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Not sure where the spare is kept in a 2007 Fiesta but if it is under the car it could have rusted out there and been swapped at some point?
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May 17, 2022 18:20:09 GMT
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Not sure where the spare is kept in a 2007 Fiesta but if it is under the car it could have rusted out there and been swapped at some point? The wheel is in the boot, not sure what the others are like yet but hopefully not this bad :-( |
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philsford
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May 18, 2022 11:52:27 GMT
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I have had this and I think it was down to the wheels being stored outside not fitted to a car and water sitting in the rim causing rust to start between the rim and center. Perhaps the car had alloys at some point and these steels were stacked up in the garden not covered up.
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May 18, 2022 12:31:42 GMT
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I have had this and I think it was down to the wheels being stored outside not fitted to a car and water sitting in the rim causing rust to start between the rim and center. Perhaps the car had alloys at some point and these steels were stacked up in the garden not covered up. Its possible but we have owned it since it was three years old (my wife first then me) so I would think its unlikely as these wheels have always been on it in our ownership.
It may just be one of those mysteries, maybe a bad batch of steel, maybe poor paint from new. Its not something i've ever seen before even on cars that i've rebuilt that have been stood for years.
A case in point is my current project is a 1967 MK2 jag, last on the road in 1977 and the body was totally rotten but the wheels on it just have a bit of surface rust.
Its a strange one.
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May 18, 2022 13:15:45 GMT
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Hi, There have been in the past in the press pictures of brand new cars being park up in flooded car parks waiting to be sold. So it may have started before your ownership.
Colin
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May 18, 2022 13:28:15 GMT
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Hi, There have been in the past in the press pictures of brand new cars being park up in flooded car parks waiting to be sold. So it may have started before your ownership. Colin Highly doubt they would be able to sell cars that have been under enough water to cover the whole wheel, and not ruin the rest of the car. Its just typical of the corrosion ford vehicles can suffer as they're only made to last 10 years. |
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Last Edit: May 18, 2022 13:30:05 GMT by welshpug
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May 18, 2022 14:22:11 GMT
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They don’t have any paint to speak of from new, just a thin dusting of packaging primer. Unlike your 60s jag rims that have real primer and topcoat, same as the rest of the car.
The metal used for wheels on small Ford cars of that period is incredibly thin too, i banded some and was shocked to find the barrels were 1mm thick steel. ‘Normal’ is about 2mm, even heavier on larger cars. Obviously this is good for fuel economy, rotating weight counts double and all that, but will drastically reduce service life due to corrosion or damage.
Even so they do look very heavily corroded for a wheel of 15 years old. My guess would be saltwater is a factor somehow, it’s the only thing I could think of that would accelerate the corrosion process that much.
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May 18, 2022 14:27:35 GMT
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Is there a date stamp visible anywhere?
And, if so, does it match the rest of the wheels?
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Last Edit: May 18, 2022 14:28:07 GMT by misterm
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May 18, 2022 14:39:48 GMT
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Is there a date stamp visible anywhere? And, if so, does it match the rest of the wheels? Thats a good point, I will have a look later when i'm with the car. |
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