Skoda Superb Owner's Manual page 227

226 Breakdown assistance
Seal and inflate tyres
Sealing tyres
– Forcefully shake the tyre inflator bottle
– Firmly screw inflation hose A
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tion A . The film on the cap is pierced automatically.
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– Remove the plug from the inflation hose
tyre valve.
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– Hold the bottle with the floor facing upwards and fill the whole sealing agent
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in the tyre inflator bottle into the tyres.
– Remove the empty tyre inflator bottle from the valve.
– Screw the valve core back into the tyre valve using the valve remover
Pumping up the tyres
– Screw the tyre inflation hose
firmly onto the tyre valve.
– Check whether the air release valve
– On vehicles fitted with a manual gearbox, move the gearshift lever into Neutral.
– Start the engine and run it in idle.
– Plug the connector A into 12 Volt socket  page 96.
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– Switch on the air compressor with the ON and OFF switch
– Allow the air compressor to run until reaching a pressure of 2.0 - 2.5 bar.
Maximum run time of 8 minutes 
– Switch off the air compressor with the ON and OFF switch.
– If you cannot reach an air pressure of 2.0 – 2.5 bar, unscrew the tyre inflation
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hose from the tyre valve.
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– Drive the vehicle approx. 10 metres forwards or backwards to allow the sealing
agent to distribute in the tyre.
– Screw the tyre inflation hose of the air compressor
valve and repeat the inflation procedure.
– If you cannot reach the required tyre inflation pressure here either, this means
the tyre has sustained too much damage. You cannot seal with tyre with the
breakdown kit 
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– Switch off the air compressor with the ON and OFF switch.
A  fig. 204 several times.
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onto the tyre inflator bottle in a clockwise direc-
A and plug the open end fully into the
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A  page 225, fig. 204
of the air compressor
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A is closed.
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A .
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!
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firmly back onto the tyre
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– Remove the tyre inflation hose
After reaching a tyre inflation pressure of 2.0 – 2.5 bar, drive at a maximum speed of
80 km/h (50 mph).
Check the tyre inflation pressure after driving 10 minutes  page 226, "Check after
driving for 10 minutes".
WARNING
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During inflation, the tyre inflation hose and air compressor may get hot- risk
of injury!
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Do not place hot tyre inflation hoses or hot air compressors on flammable
materials - risk of fire!
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If you cannot inflate the tyre to at least 2.0 bar, this means the damage
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sustained was too serious. The sealing agent cannot be used to seal the tyre. Do
not drive the vehicle. Get professional assistance.
Caution
Switch off the air compressor after running 8 minutes at the latest - danger of over-
heating! Allow the air compressor to cool a few moments before switching it on
again.
Check after driving for 10 minutes
Check the tyre inflation pressure after driving 10 minutes.
If the tyre inflation pressure is 1.3 bar or less:
– Do not drive the vehicle! You cannot properly seal with tyre with the breakdown
kit.
– Contact a Škoda dealer to obtain professional assistance.
If the tyre inflation pressure is 1.3 bar or more:
– Adjust the tyre inflation pressure to the correct value (see inside of fuel filler
cap).
– Continue driving carefully to the nearest specialist garage at a maximum speed
of 80 km/h (50 mph).
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from the tyre valve.
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