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  • Tyres oozing red stuff
  • spw3
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    Morning all,

    I fitted a brand new Maxxis tyre to my front rim yesterday. This morning I woke to discover red oily liquid oozing slowly out of the bottom of both sides of the tyre/rim edge. First of all I thought the fork was leaking damper oil but it’s definitely from inside the tyre. I put some Stans sealant in but I’ve never seen this happen before. Anyone have any idea what is happening?

    Jamie
    Free Member

    Mouse trapped inside the tyre?

    …sorry, ex-mouse.

    RIP Mr Whiskers 🙁

    PJ266
    Free Member

    What does it taste like?

    You have tasted it right?

    nuke
    Full Member

    Marzocchi 666 forks?

    spw3
    Full Member

    888s. But truly it’s not coming from the forks. To be fiat that was my first thought too.

    Wrong colour and consistency for blood, even murine.

    And oddly I did think about tasting it. But sanity prevailed.

    Does Stans separate out?

    GregMay
    Free Member

    LICK IT.

    andyl
    Free Member

    Brake fluid?

    ridewhenever
    Free Member

    stans separates to a beige colour juice, certainly nothing approaching red.

    Pics?

    lucien
    Full Member

    nuke – Member
    Marzocchi 666 forks?

    POSTED 1 HOUR AGO #

    Bombers shirley?

    bearnecessities
    Full Member

    Stigmata.

    Run.

    spooky_b329
    Full Member

    Did you inflate the tyre with a compressor?

    Could be oil in the airline?

    spw3
    Full Member

    Yes I did use a compressor. Should I worry? Will I die?

    spooky_b329
    Full Member

    so the red stuff coukd be oil?

    Northwind
    Full Member

    Satan’s No Flats.

    fatsimonmk2
    Free Member

    Compressor oil is sometimes red or your tyres have stigmata 😈

    scaredypants
    Full Member

    Blood in yer Jizz ?

    Onzadog
    Free Member

    Was it a maxxis beaver? Could be time of the month.

    jamm
    Free Member

    Had this happen a couple of years ago. Initially thought it was fluid from for fork or brake, but was from tyre.

    No real conclusion to the cause. I used a co2 canister and thought it may have been a reaction with stans fluid, my other thought is that it was related to any washing up liquid used when sealing.

    Duffer
    Free Member

    I’ve just set up a set of tubeless tyres with Stans. I’ve had the same thing (although i wouldn’t say it’s red in colour).

    Dr Google suggests that it’s a normal part of the sealing process. The oily fluid is what’s left over once the latex (the white pigment in Stans fluid) has sealed something. I think.

    spw3
    Full Member

    Ok to be fair it was more the same colour as Tizer.

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