Replacement Tyre Kit

[Conor]

Folks,

 

Just got a puncture in my new(ish) Mark III and I have to say that I didn't fully appreciate how truly awful not having a spare tyre was :lol: . Now, having got that off my chest.......

 

You will probably know that the Gals come with a tyre sealant kit made by Continental called the "Conti Mobility Kit" (sounds like it would be something you would find in an old peoples home. ;) lol). This includes a compressor which attaches to your cigarette lighter socket, a bottle of tyre sealant (natural latex) and a hose which pushes the latex from the bottle to the tyre.

 

Having just used the kit I now have to replace the bottle of sealant and the hose. My local Ford dealer want to charge me approx

[mk2vr6]

try looking on contis web site http://www.conticomfortkit.co.uk/ you can find a local stockist near to you and check out their prices? although I think your stuck with going to the dealers or the local stockists due to the design of the system :lol: I'm afraid they have you by the b@lls if you wish to keep the oe system!

and did you see that they state that the tyres should be replaced within 120 miles and that you are limited to 50mph once you have used the sealer in a tyre!

[searcher]

Good old Fords.

I hardly ever use all seven seats so i think i would be buying a spare wheel and tyre and keeping it in the boot.

[mk2vr6]

Good old Fords.

I hardly ever use all seven seats so i think i would be buying a spare wheel and tyre and keeping it in the boot.

mmm nice idea but imagine the damage a loose wheel and tyre could do when flying around in the cabin area!

 

as for the replacement parts for the conti kit, I read that the BMW kit is a better option! with that kit you get a seperate hose to feed the latex solution into the tyre with and not the main hose off the compressor as on the conti kit so you can still use the compressor afterwards

 

http://www.autobestbuy.co.uk/shop/product....rShowBackLink=n buy the whole lot for

Edited March 21, 2008 by mk2vr6

[gregers]

i take it this stuff will only plug a hole?what happens if there is a chunk of the tyre missing,its advisable to make sure you have breakdown cover when buying this car then.once the solution has been used does it make the tyre U.S?or can the fitters remove the latex and do a professinal repair to the tyre??.

 

 

me thinks a cheap can of expanding foam should be carried aswell :lol: ;)

[Conor]

with that kit you get a seperate hose to feed the latex solution into the tyre with and not the main hose off the compressor as on the conti kit so you can still use the compressor afterwards

 

 

Do you mean to tell me that I have to replace the compressor as well. I thought the manual said that I only needed to replace the other accessories....god this gets worse.

 

Unfortunately, I do use most of the seats as I have a 4yr old and 10 month old twins - hence the purchase of the Galaxy 9and the need to keep costs down:)) - so a loose tyre is definitely not an option.

 

On a further note - be wary if relying on this stuff. When I started the compressor the needle on the compressor dial shot to the highest reading and, following the manual instructions to the letter, I pumped the tyre for 7 minutes. When I switched off the compressor to take a PSI reading it took around 5 minutes or more for the needle to drop to the corredct reading. Even then the pressure only reached around 20 psi - just over the minimum limit! When I had the tyre changed the next day I asked to have a look at the tyre to see what damage had been done and it appeared to be fairly minimal. So I am a bit sceptical about how effective this stuff is. I certainly would not consider driving any more than a few miles on it, never mind 125 miles.

 

I am seriously considering buying a few cheap steel wheels and tyres and burying them at strategic sites around the countryside :lol: on second thoughts I think a cheapo aerosol will do the trick. Pity they don't do space saver tyres.

[mk2vr6]

according to the instructions you only need to replace the fluid and the hose on the conti kit, still at

[Seatdriver]

I put a post in technical but it should have gone here.

 

Has anyone used ULTRASEAL.

 

Just thought buy one can of the stuff for

[why me]

This may not be the right thread for this question but where are the jacking points on the new model the book i got with the car are only shows the points on a S max.

I went to the dealer the bloke i spoke to said there are none as i would have no reason to jack the car up.

The reason i need to know is i kept the space saver wheel from the mondeo as the tyres on the mondeo where the same size as the ones on the galaxy so i thought it would save me from having to wreck a perfectly good tyre if i got a small puncture using the very very very expensive ford repair kit. :)

[launcelot]

VWDRIVER

 

Where can you get Ultraseal from? I've looked on the net and one supplier in Kent says that it is not currently being imported in to the UK due to some sort of trade dispute. There doesn't seem to be many places to get it - unless i'm not looking properly.

 

Danny

[big_kev]

This may not be the right thread for this question but where are the jacking points on the new model the book i got with the car are only shows the points on a S max.

I went to the dealer the bloke i spoke to said there are none as i would have no reason to jack the car up.

 

I would think they are the same I thought the Mk3 was just a high-top S max.

[why me]

This may not be the right thread for this question but where are the jacking points on the new model the book i got with the car are only shows the points on a S max.

I went to the dealer the bloke i spoke to said there are none as i would have no reason to jack the car up.

 

I would think they are the same I thought the Mk3 was just a high-top S max.

No notches on sill or cut out on skirt so apparently not i find it unbelievable the guy who sold it me does not know.

[insider]

As big_kev says it's the same on Galaxy and S-MAX:

 

[why me]

Help i know not a lot about how tyre sizes work, Thought i was being clever keeping space saver spare from my mondeo size T125 85 R16 99M my galaxy sizes as most of you will know are 225 x 50R17 98W.

A mate told me the spare would probably be useless for the galaxy any one any advice. as I do not want to use ford repair kit if possible

[morellomax]

Having suffered a puncture on my MkIII Galaxy (first one in 10 years), I refused to pay the

[insider]

Help i know not a lot about how tyre sizes work, Thought i was being clever keeping space saver spare from my mondeo size T125 85 R16 99M my galaxy sizes as most of you will know are 225 x 50R17 98W.

A mate told me the spare would probably be useless for the galaxy any one any advice. as I do not want to use ford repair kit if possible

A 125 85 R16 tyre/wheel combination will have a diameter of 619mm whereas a 225 50 R17 will have a diameter of 657mm. So, being that much smaller the space saver wouldn't be very safe (and that's without considering whether or not it has reinforced side-walls!)

[Neily]

I bought my Galaxy knowing about the inadequate and absurd 'mobility kit' and being a caravanner, I planned to do my own thing and obtain a spare wheel anyway. So I thought I'd try the Ford dealer for a quote, out of interest. At first, he didn't even want to sell me a matching alloy wheel saying that I didn't need one, my car isn't meant to have a spare and that the kit supplied does exactly what it's meant to and has been extensively tested and trialled. I replied that I have no confidence whatsoever in the kit and can't take any chances when towing and in the end he reluctantly quoted me about a hundred quid or so for a new alloy.

 

Two days later, I bought a 16" 5 stud steel wheel from a scrapyard and as the rear tyres needed replacement anyway, I saved the best one and had the tyre fitter put it on the wheel. I then bought a cover, a telescopic wheelbrace and took my 2 tonne bottle jack out of the caravan to keep in the car. Like some other posters, I rarely use the rear seats, so the spare is kept in the back - and I'm working on fabricating some sort of bracket to secure it.

 

The issue here is not the cost-saving exercise that I've just described - I would have bought the spare alloy from Ford - but it's practicality. I will never use the kit supplied and for what it's worth, I think manufacturers are going backwards in their design concepts. If they're that desperate to cost down and lean manufacture they could at least make provision for a spare wheel and offer it as a cost option to customers.

 

Regards,

 

Neil

[Seatdriver]

Anyone want to purchase a spare wheel for their Galaxy MkIII (16" Steel wheel with Tyre) I have one going for a sensible price, oh the wheel and the tyre are Brand New.

 

Why have I got it, well

 

I used to own a new Galaxy but became so hacked of with the poor quality, reliability and poor pulling power that I got rid and went back to a 130bhp Alhambra Stylance.

 

I did exactly what you have done , purchased a spare wheel and put it in the rear (tied down with straps) because I did not feel I could happily drive anywhere (back of beyond Scotland), any motorway without one. This idea of no spare is crazy in the extreme and no matter how attractive a car in future looks I will never purchase one without one.

 

For all you drivers of a new galaxy I hope you never find yourself in the scenario of:

 

11.30PM its pitch black driving down a country lane (with your family of 7), you catch a tyre on a sharp rock outcrop at the side of the road, it rips the sidewall out of a tyre, you are in an area where there is no mobile signal and the next house is miles away, oh and its raining. That gizmo and gunk under the floor will do you no good whatsoever, you need a spare wheel!

 

Perhaps whoever decided not to supply a spare should have been put in this scenario, they may have had a change of heart!

[Neily]

Hi VW, good post.

 

I used to own a new Galaxy but became so hacked of with the poor quality, reliability and poor pulling power that I got rid and went back to a 130bhp Alhambra Stylance.

 

I'm considering doing exactly the same as you. The mk1 Galaxy I had previously was a great car, the mk3 I own now is in my opinion, a mediocre car trying to be great which is so disappointing. As I mentioned on another thread, hopefully all these issues will be addressed on the facelift model when it arrives.

[insider]

For all you drivers of a new galaxy I hope you never find yourself in the scenario of:

 

11.30PM its pitch black driving down a country lane (with your family of 7), you catch a tyre on a sharp rock outcrop at the side of the road, it rips the sidewall out of a tyre, you are in an area where there is no mobile signal and the next house is miles away, oh and its raining. That gizmo and gunk under the floor will do you no good whatsoever, you need a spare wheel!

 

Perhaps whoever decided not to supply a spare should have been put in this scenario, they may have had a change of heart!

It's a question of balancing the risk against the benefits.

Punctures causing irreparable damage to the tyre are rare and the chances of all the factors above conspiring against you are extremely remote.

The benefits are not just reduced vehicle cost but reduced vehicle weight of the spare wheel being carried around all the time. However, I agree that it could be specified as an option for those that decide they really need it.

Didn't you consider the "run-flat" tyres option?

[morellomax]

The chances of getting a non-gunkable puncture for the average driver are probably similar to the chances of the starter motor, alternator or battery failing. You could end up arguing yourself into carrying quite a lot of spare parts !

[swagger]

Hi there, go to care4car.com sealant

[gregers]

think after 2 years he aint bothered ;) :rolleyes: