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Old 31-07-2006, 17:26   #4
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Re: Puncture Repair Spray

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Originally Posted by gazzae
The car I am looking to buy doesn't come with a spare wheel (You can get one as an optional extra). It comes with a "Puncture Repair Spray". How do these work, and is it a viable alternative to having a spare wheel?
I believe it is a pressurised can of special foam which you squirt into the punctured tyre via the inflation valve, this inflates the tyre and the gunk in the tyre seals the leak and fills the tyre with a compound so that it can be driven to a tyre place who then repair the tyre.
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