My tires won't stay full..does that mean I need an alignment? (Pilot, cars)

[evilcart]

Originally Posted by TAZORAC

Just bought some tires 2 months ago...the PSI for my tires is 32...routinely my tires are around 20-24 about a week after I put air in the tire....the place that did my oil change suggested I take it to a full service shop for an alignment check.

When I'm driving down the street my car doesn't really shift to the side (my way of doing an alignment check).

Could my tires not staying full be a sign that I need an alignment?

sounds to me the valves are wrong or such like.

[bagster]

Did you check to see that the tires were inflated to 32psi to start with?

[easy62]

You could of ran over a bunch of nails or glass somewhere that could of been covered in the snow.

[oceangaia]

Or exited a parking lot through the entrance and drove the wrong way over spikes.

[headingtoDenver]

Originally Posted by oceangaia

Or exited a parking lot through the entrance and drove the wrong way over spikes.

Or maybe the tire shop thought he was religious and gave him 'holy tires'. "Here is our new brand of holy rollers".

[d4g4m]

If you are losing air in tires and someone at the shop suggests that your car needs an alignment, I would ask the person 'are you for real? Are you a mechanic getting paid here and making such a dumb suggestion?' I would find another shop.

[Pruzhany]

Since we're talking about all four tires at this point, I'd say you most likely need new rims. The other possibility is that whomever sold you the tires, sold you old tires that may have expired.

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[Dwatted Wabbit]

Originally Posted by notnamed

Spray some soapy water on the tires. Particularly the valve stems and the bead around the rim if you don't suspect an actual puncture. Look for bubbles after a few minutes. Would suspect a bad install rather than an alignment(never even heard of that being a cause).

What sort of shop did the tire install? Not unheard of for them to damage the rim in the process.

Advice below is what OP needs to do. No need to solve this problem at home when the installer is likely at fault.

Originally Posted by jencam

I'd go back to the place you bought the tires.

[LKJ1988]

Originally Posted by TAZORAC

A leak on 4 basically new tires...all 4? (2 months old)

All 4 of my AS3 pilots are going down 5lbs every few weeks on my C6 Vette. Never had that problem with any other tires.

[jeffdoorgunner]

Are these those low profile tires?? my son in law had a set of those and he was constantly adding air........