PTC_911S

Well.... My first flat tire while on the interstate. Not fun. So got out the bottle of goo and squirted it in. Hooked up the compressor. It ran for a few minutes, then fuse blew. So a no go. Tow truck, two new rear tires, $750, and three hours later back on the road.

Should I buy a new bottle of Porsche sealant or are others carrying something else? Also, any ideas on the fuse? It is a 7.5 amp.... Maybe put in a 10 amp?

BIG smoke

Any story you can tell is a good story.
And If you didn't have a few bad days, then you'd never know what a good day was.

Drag on your tire experience. Two tires and a tow, for 750? You could have done worse.
Did you plug your compressor into the cigarette lighter? or the one in the passenger foot well? I think mine had one there??? are they different fuses? Different amps?

ElectricChair

This is what I carry in the frunk:

jhbrennan

If you don't use the cigarette lighter socket you will blow the fuse -

Note on operation
The tire filling compressor must be connected to
the cigarette lighter

Macster

That's a nice looking kit, the compressor and the tire plug kit.

997_Toronto

I had a similar experience where I was looking to inflate my motorcycle tires and decided to test the Porsche pump. Connecting it to the plug in the center console blew the fuse as that has a lower amp rating. You have to connect it to the plug in the passenger footwell and it works fine.

ElectricChair

This

JAM2

There are 2 posts above that are conflicting. Is it the cigarette lighter, or the socket in the lower passenger footwell? I think I blew the fuse in my lower footwell one using either the compressor or trickle charger.

ElectricChair

I've been using the plug located at passenger footwell. No issues so far.

Carmichael

Where was the flat? If it was on the tread carcass, I would have had it plugged and patched.

A proper plug and patch job would cost you less than $50, even less if you do it yourself.

3Series

As for goo, try Slime tire sealant in an aerosol can.

I carried this in a X5 with not spare and runflats removed.

I also carry a plug kit, but for the 911 it would be tough to use on the rear tires since there is no room.

jhbrennan

My info came from the owner's manual - it says use cigarette lighter socket.

nwGTS

Firstly, and hopefully this helps OP, I would not recommend the 'slime' based tire patching systems. Many tire shops will not touch tires that have been temporarily fixed with this sealant because it is a complete mess, especially on 305s. Then you are out a few hundo to replace it with that shop or a hundo to tow it to a shop that will touch it. And there goes your entire afternoon. I recommend (as does Porsche) to use a tire plug system like ElectricChair has posted.

Secondly, if you can find the puncture, simply roll the vehicle until the puncture is in the 5 o'clock position if on the left side of the vehicle and in the 7 o'clock position if on the right side of the vehicle. After which, you will have plenty of room between the ground and body to plug the tire.

I did exactly this on my old SAAB when I didn't have room between the wheel well and tire to fit the plug tool.

Hope that helps anyone.

BIG smoke

o/p
Do check what fuse should be in that cig lighter slot.
My quick search shows it should be a 15amp?
check your manual, do your own search.
Perhaps the previous owner replaced it with an incorrect one?

No mention of your model or year...

http://www.renntech.org/forums/topic...he-fuse-panel/

PTC_911S

Thanks all for the input. Agree, good news was all transpired safely and thankful for that.

2007 S.... I plugged the compressor into the footwell receptacle. The fuse hat failed was a 7.5a and I am pretty sure that is what the fuse booklet called for. I did not check to see if the center console outlet is on a different circuit with a larger fuse so will check that out. Might be a better alternative in the future.

Tires were near end of life so decided to just replace vs plugging.

I do like the looks of the kit above.... Wil put it on the list.