Ultraseal Puncture Prevention Experiment

Seamus · Post by **Seamus** » Fri May 28, 2004 11:54 am

My wife is picking up her brand new 206cc Quiksilver this afternoon (managed to get it for Â£13850 from main dealer

)

I'm a bit concerned about punctures and having spent ages trawling the net I have decided to give a product called ultraseal a go.

Please note, I have no idea whether the stuff is any good or not but will report back as time goes by with my experiences of it.

A small amount of the stuff is loaded into each tyre which creates a thin coat on the inside of the tyre. When an object punctures the tyre and is removed, when the tyre rotates it is supposed to fill the hole creating a permenant repair.

It is supposed to be suitable for high speed (upto 150 mph it claims) and they claim it can extend the life of the tyre. It appears to be used by a lot of LPG converters as quite often they use the space for the spare wheel for the LPG tank and so people have the same problem as 206cc owners.

As there isn't a local installer in my area, I am having to go the DIY route and install it myself. I have ordered a kit for the car which cost Â£45 plus Â£3 postage.

I hope my experiment will be of some interest to other 206cc owners.

TheMinel · Post by **TheMinel** » Fri May 28, 2004 8:53 pm

just get a space saver wheel and stick it in the boot for peace of mind!

Seamus · Post by **Seamus** » Mon Jun 07, 2004 10:17 am

Update.

Received the ultraseal through the post on Friday. It comes in a nice box with instructions and all the bits you need to do it yourself.

The process is pretty simple. You jack up the car a bit to take the weight off the tyre. You then remove the inner bit of the tyre valve using a tool they give you which deflates the tyre and leaves a decent size hole for you to pour the stuff down. You then fit a tube ove the valve and the other end over the ultraseal bottle and squeeze in the recommended number of units which in my case was 12. You then refit the inner valve bit , blow up the tyre and let the jack down.

I found it very straightforward and it took me about 90 minutes to do all four tyres.

Once the stuff is in your tyres you need to take it for a drive to get the stuff coated around the inside of the tyres. I was worried that it might effect the balance of the tyres. In the first couple of miles I could feel that the wheels were unbalanced, but the ultrseal guide tells you to drive thru this and sure eneough eveything was back to normal after a few more miles.

My wife (whose car it is) couldn't tell that I had done anything which is a good sign.

Anyway, now the stuff is in I am hoping that I never have to see if it really works.

chaos · Post by **chaos** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 12:59 pm

I decided to put the ultraseal in mine the other day. Its easier than you think.

Hopefully I should never know if its worked.

Bri · Post by **Bri** » Fri Jun 11, 2004 7:35 pm

This does sound like a good product. I have one question though. How will you know that you have had a puncture? Lots of these systems (including run flat tyres) are used in conjunction with an electronic system that tells you of a drop in tyre presure. I realise that, hopefully, you won't experience a drop in tyre presure if the stuff works but, equally you won't know that it has been needed??

chaos · Post by **chaos** » Sun Jun 13, 2004 4:42 pm

Technically, you shouldnâ€™t know you have a puncture.

Rather than me try to explain how it all works, it may be best to visit this page.

http://www.ultraseal.biz/pages/about.ht ... 0Ultraseal?

James · Post by **James** » Sun Jun 13, 2004 6:33 pm

Hi

How much does this stuff cost and what's the web site you bought it from.

chaos · Post by **chaos** » Sun Jun 13, 2004 10:57 pm

http://www.ultraseal-dy.co.uk/

It costs Â£43 for one twin pack (1400 ml) of Ultraseal including postage.

All instruction are on the site, it also tells you how much to put in each tyre.

I think its worth it, just for piece of mind anyway, but thatâ€™s only my opinion.

Seamus · Post by **Seamus** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 8:27 am

Hi Chaos, Nice to know someone else is trying this stuff.

Hi Bri. Regarding knowing if you have had a puncture. When you get a puncture some of the the ultraseal will weep out of the hole as it plugs it and so there will be a tell tale sign of the ultrseal( which is pink) on the tyre.

chaos · Post by **chaos** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 1:04 pm

Hello Seamus.

I have heard about this stuff before, but never gave it though until I read your post.

Nice one.

Phnarr · Post by **Phnarr** » Mon Jun 14, 2004 3:35 pm

This does sound like a good product. I have one question though. How will you know that you have had a puncture?

This Looks quite complementary...

Seamus · Post by **Seamus** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 2:58 pm

Just a quick update regarding my ultraseal experiment.

The stuff has been in for 3 months now and my wife and I have driven about 1500 miles with the stuff in without any problems. This has included fast country roads and motorway driving (max speed about 80mph as the roof was down

).

The only point of interest I can note is that I haven't had to put any air in the tyres since the install of ultraseal as no pressure has been lost.

Post by **Lyndon** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 5:34 pm

sounds like a excellent product

carl · Post by **carl** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 10:47 pm

Sorry to be a cynic :rolleyes: but if this product is so great, why don't companies like Peugeot (and others who make cars with no spare) include this treatment on new cars, rather than put a couple of cans of ineffective tyre foam in the boot?

MattB · Post by **MattB** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 9:11 am

Maybe the same reason they don't tune their cars individually? To reduce costs and force people to have to come back and buy more tyres?