Important! : Cant get dustcap off, need to pump up tyre

1. Killeybh Frequent Poster Joined: Jul 2009 dy14 8rt shropshire Posts: 580 1.1 desire

   #1 22nd June 2010, 19:07

   i cant get the dustcap off my tyre, so i cant pump it up and its going flat, i gotta go to bristol on thursday so kinda need to pump it up. ive put wd40 and that hasnt worked, ive tryed using a mole wrench, that didnt work. any other ideas?
   
   cheer
2. user_35312 Established Member Joined: Jun 2009 Coventry CV6 Posts: 2477 Slowda Octavia vRS SOLD - Cam'd Chip'd VTR

   #2 22nd June 2010, 19:10

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by Killeybh i cant get the dustcap off my tyre, so i cant pump it up and its going flat, i gotta go to bristol on thursday so kinda need to pump it up. ive put wd40 and that hasnt worked, ive tryed using a mole wrench, that didnt work. any other ideas? cheer

   Man up?! try some pliers or something lol, really shouldnt be that hard to get valve caps off..
3. user_32481 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Mar 2009 Milk 'n' Beans (Milton Keynes, MK2) Posts: 3243 MK1 Trackin S engined R, 112.5 ATW, approx 135 ATF

   #3 22nd June 2010, 19:11

   pics?
   
   could be a anti thief one
4. tryner Frequent Poster Joined: Oct 2009 southnormanton Posts: 565 saxo 1.4

   #4 22nd June 2010, 19:13

   Just get some grips holding the valve but put something on the grips to protect it from damaging the valve. Then just get some plyers and grip dust cap and turn. if this dont work u can just get a stanley knife and slice the dust cap in half Hope this helps
5. Tontsy Saxperience Addict Joined: Oct 2008 Plymouth, Fiddling - under a two poster ramp Posts: 14064 Audi

   #5 22nd June 2010, 19:14

   i best you stuck a cheappy taccky "metal" cap on?
   nd the inside has been clogged up with moisture from the air and rusted to the valve !
   
   tyre off, and cut the valve out, put a new one in.
   sorted.
6. Killeybh Frequent Poster Joined: Jul 2009 dy14 8rt shropshire Posts: 580 1.1 desire

   #6 22nd June 2010, 19:23

   i didnt but ye its got a shitty metal thing on. ive tryed the plyer idea. Surley i cant blow up the tyre if i cut it off, lol. rekon im gonna go man up, eat some spinach and rip it off! otherwise how do i cut the valve out? cheers
7. Joe Infrequent Poster Joined: May 2010 Hereford Posts: 238 Indigo Blue s2 Rallye

   #7 22nd June 2010, 19:25

   Hold the valve with mole grips with a cloth under and then another set on the cap and undo but don't twist the valve if not you will probs have to cut it off and get a new valve fitted.
8. tryner Frequent Poster Joined: Oct 2009 southnormanton Posts: 565 saxo 1.4

   #8 22nd June 2010, 19:26

   Oh right didnt realise you had a shitty metal one on lol!! just go to a tyre company, wont cost you no more than a fiver to fit you a new valve and balance wheel
9. Joe Infrequent Poster Joined: May 2010 Hereford Posts: 238 Indigo Blue s2 Rallye

   #9 22nd June 2010, 19:28

   Is it an anti theft one? And just pull the bas**rd off I'd cut through it with somethink but I'm just a bodge
10. user_35312 Established Member Joined: Jun 2009 Coventry CV6 Posts: 2477 Slowda Octavia vRS SOLD - Cam'd Chip'd VTR

    #10 22nd June 2010, 19:30

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by Killeybh i didnt but ye its got a shitty metal thing on. ive tryed the plyer idea. Surley i cant blow up the tyre if i cut it off, lol. rekon im gonna go man up, eat some spinach and rip it off! otherwise how do i cut the valve out? cheers

    hacksaw the fuck out the valve cap being VERY careful?
11. Killeybh Frequent Poster Joined: Jul 2009 dy14 8rt shropshire Posts: 580 1.1 desire

    #11 22nd June 2010, 19:33

    lol, ill give it a go, otherwise to the garage! lol.
12. Manu Saxperience Addict Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 11714 A6 Le Mans tuned/A3 TFSI tuned

    #12 23rd June 2010, 06:29

    mole grip gripping the bottom, plier on top, job done.Or a new valve is a quid (not including labour)
13. Mikol Established Member Joined: Jun 2008 Somewhere between Bedford and Brixworth Posts: 2373 106 XS 16v Driveway Ornament

    #13 23rd June 2010, 11:15

    Once you're done, buy some boggo plastic dustcaps.
    
    Metal ones look gash anyway