# Tires slow leak - Fix-A-Flat and Slime **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [January 19, 2017, 4:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tires-slow-leak-fix-a-flat-and-slime/98776 "2017-01-19T16:22:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 9
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 3:49am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tires-slow-leak-fix-a-flat-and-slime/98776/9 "2017-01-20T03:49:44Z")
I had this problem recently and tried some diy’er driveway repairs. Just to see if it is possible for a diy’er to fix without the aid of a shop. LIke if it happened and you were out in the boondocks or something. I’m not recommending any of what I discovered as a practical solution; paying a shop to do the job is the better approach. But if you are the scientific type, fyi here’s the thread about what I learned. > [@Spare tire leaks along rim](https://community.cartalk.com/t/spare-tire-leaks-along-rim/96778): > > My truck’s spare tire hasn’t been properly inflated since 2002. Ok, I know that’s a bad sign, but it is indeed a fact. I should point out I’ve never had a flat tire in the entire 40+ year history of this truck, at least never when using it, so it’s quite possible I’ll never need to use the spare tire. But I’d like to have one that holds pressure just in case. I decided to be better about the spare tire situation and inflated it the other day, and in 2 days it was flat again. I used the … --- _[View the full topic](https://community.cartalk.com/t/tires-slow-leak-fix-a-flat-and-slime/98776)._