Sealing And Inflating The Tyre - Skoda Octavia Owner's Manual

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Check that you can carry out the repairs with the breakdown kit
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Uncouple any trailers.
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Remove the breakdown kit from the luggage compartment.
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Stick the sticker » Fig. 202 on page 241 onto the dash panel in the driver's
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line of vision.
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Do not remove the foreign body, e.g. screw or nail, from the tyre.
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Unscrew the valve cap.
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Use the valve remover to unscrew the valve core and place it on a clean sur-
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face (rag, paper, etc.).

Sealing and inflating the tyre

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First read and observe the introductory information and safety warn-
ings on page 240.
Sealing
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Forcefully shake the tyre inflater bottle
several times.
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Firmly screw the inflation hose
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The film on the cap is pierced automatically.
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Remove the plug from the inflation hose
the tyre valve.
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Hold the bottle with the bottom facing upwards and fill all of the sealing
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agent from the tyre inflator bottle into the tyre.
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Remove the empty tyre inflator bottle from the valve.
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Screw the valve core back into the tyre valve using the valve remover
Inflating
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Screw the air compressor tyre inflation hose
to the tyre valve.
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Check that the air release valve
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Start the engine and run it in idle.
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Plug the connector into 12 Volt socket
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Switch on the air compressor with the ON and OFF switch
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Allow the air compressor to run until a pressure of 2.0 - 2.5 bar is achieved. Max-
imum run time of 8 minutes » !
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Switch off the air compressor.
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If you cannot reach an air pressure of 2.0 – 2.5 bar, unscrew the tyre inflation
hose from the tyre valve.
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Drive the vehicle 10 metres forwards or backwards to allow the sealing agent to
"distribute" in the tyre.
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Do-it-yourself
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» Fig. 202 on page 241 back and forth
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onto the tyre inflator bottle clockwise.
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and plug the open end fully onto
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» Fig. 202 on page 241 firmly on-
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is closed.
» page 84.
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240. Firmly screw the tyre inflation hose
inflation process.
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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.
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Remove the tyre inflation hose
Once a tyre inflation pressure of 2.0 – 2.5 bar is achieved, continue the journey at
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a maximum speed of 80 km/h (50 mph).
Check the tyre inflation pressure after driving for 10 minutes
WARNING
During inflation, the tyre inflation hose and air compressor may get hot –
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risk of injury!
Do not place the hot tyre inflation hose or hot air compressor on flammable
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materials – risk of fire!
If you cannot inflate the tyre to at least 2.0 bar, this means the damage sus-
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tained was too serious. The sealing agent cannot be used to seal the tyre.
Do not drive the vehicle. Seek help from a specialist garage.
CAUTION
Switch off the air compressor after running 8 minutes at the latest – risk of over-
heating! Allow the air compressor to cool a few minutes before switching it on
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again.
Check after 10 minutes' driving
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First read and observe the introductory information and safety warn-
ings on page 240.
Check the tyre inflation pressure after driving for 10 minutes!
If the tyre inflation pressure is 1.3 bar or less
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Do not drive the vehicle! You cannot properly seal with tyre with the break-
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down kit.
If the tyre inflation pressure is 1.3 bar or more
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Adjust the tyre inflation pressure to the correct value (see inside of fuel filler
cap).
back onto the tyre valve and repeat the
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from the tyre valve.
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