Nail in tire...

[decocritter]

Just saw it getting in the car at grocery store. It appears to be small with little or no head.

Tire is not flat. What to do? Watch it for a few days or take it and get a patch on it?

[graylocks]

don't take it out. drive to a repair place and have it patched. (assuming the repair place isn't too far away...)

[Jimmypoo]

Put a different nail in the opposite side so that your tires aren't out of balance.

[Carm]

Take it to Americas/Discount Tire. They are good about providing this service for free. Search for your location.

Carm

[Gutenberg]

Take it to the nearest tire store and have a patch put in the tire, as Graylocks said. There is no sense playing around with stuff like this.It will probably cost you $20.

[Paul F.]

I wouldn't suggest it, but in college I drove on a tire with a nail in it for about 6 months..
I smeared a little silicone gasket goop on it.

The tire wore out before I got the nail pulled and the hole fixed


Take it in to a tire shop and have 'em fix it.
Last time I had it done, it cost like $8.

[D-Rod]

I have to agree with jimmypoo, however you should also put 2 nails in each of the other tires in corresponding locations so as not to effect the handling.

Dennis R

[Grateful11]

Plug it I've plugged about a 10-15 nail holes over the years
and not one failure. Some places charge about $25.00 to
patch, that's almost half the price of a frickin' tire.

[New.Dad]

It seems that a plug (from outside) is not as safe as a patch (from inside). In some states plugs are illegal. That being said, it's your car, your wallet and your life, so it's your decision.

[xlr]

Take a spray bottle filled with soapy water and spray the area
around the nail.

If it bubbles, then it is leaking air. Get the tire patched.

No bubbles, then wiggle the nail a little and check again.

If there are still no bubbles then it is possible that the nail did not go all the way through the tire and can then be safely pulled out.

This has worked for me and I did not have to patch the tire.

Good luck.