A completely flat tyre is almost impossible to diagnose, and this catches out anybody trying to find a leak themselves. With no pressure behind it, air is not being forced out through the hole, so soapy water produces nothing, the tyre tells you nothing, and the object that caused it may well have fallen out somewhere along the road. People conclude there is no puncture and start looking at valves and wheels that are perfectly fine.
The first thing that happens on arrival, therefore, is that the tyre goes back up to pressure, provided it will hold enough to be tested. Then the leak shows itself immediately. If it will not hold air at all, the tyre comes off the rim and the inside gets read, which usually explains both where the air went and how much damage was done getting there. Diagnosis before decision, always, rather than replacing something on the assumption that it must be finished.
The car has to work tonight. That is usually the whole brief. A drive in Shadwell, a bay at work, a lay-by: they are all the same job to a fitter with the gear on board. Underground parking in Shadwell or Spitalfields is worth flagging. A Commercial Road cul-de-sac or an Aldgate East main road, tell us which. The E1 postcode and a street in Aldgate East: that is enough.
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There is nowhere sensible to stop along the A11 and the side streets towards Stepney and Shadwell are parked nose to tail, so most people here discover a flat while the car is already stationary. That is the good version. Leave it where it is and ring, because the car being parked is the single biggest factor in whether the tyre survives to be repaired.
Without pressure there is nothing pushing air out, so no test will show a leak. Reinflating first is the step that makes the problem visible.
Common on a tyre that has been driven flat for any distance. The hole is still there and it needs finding by pressure rather than by eye.
A tyre that is flat is not automatically finished. It might be a valve, a bead or a straightforward tread puncture, and none of those are visible until it has air in it again.
Because a flat tyre is not pushing air out anywhere. Nothing will show up until it has pressure behind it again.
If you have a pump and the car is safely parked, it does no harm and it may tell you how fast it is losing. Do not drive on it to find out.
Then it comes off the rim and the inside is inspected directly, which is a more reliable answer in any case.
Typical arrival across Whitechapel is 30 to 60 minutes, whether you are near the hospital, off Commercial Road or parked on a side street.
Sometimes. It depends on whether it was driven on in that state. A tyre that went down while parked is often perfectly repairable.
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