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Cheap metal tyre valve caps
My wife bought me a set of four silver metal tyre valve caps to replace my standard black ones, from the £1 shop. She thought they would match the colour of my Silver Golf Mk VI nicely.
I didn't think anything of it until attempting to inflate my tyres a few months later. I was unable to remove these caps, they were simply stuck fast, resulting in me taking the car to a tyre fitter and having the caps removed and valves replaced at a cost of £10 per tyre (£40)!
The tyre fitter stated that he had earned a few thousand pounds over the past two years from other motorists with the same problem. A costly issue to be avoided...
This is just a friendly note to possibly pass on to other readers should you see fit.
I didn't think anything of it until attempting to inflate my tyres a few months later. I was unable to remove these caps, they were simply stuck fast, resulting in me taking the car to a tyre fitter and having the caps removed and valves replaced at a cost of £10 per tyre (£40)!
The tyre fitter stated that he had earned a few thousand pounds over the past two years from other motorists with the same problem. A costly issue to be avoided...
This is just a friendly note to possibly pass on to other readers should you see fit.
Asked on 2 December 2012 by mimocuja
Answered by
Honest John
It's a common problem. Have a warning coming up in the column about this. Mixed metal corrosion causes them to fuse to the tyre valve stems.
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