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Mark997S said:
Any thoughts on driving on a repaired tire on a 997? I have had other repaired tire last until they were worn out. The plug is deep within a groove where it does not seem like it would even touch the pavement.
do it yourself plugs are fine for temporary getting out of a jam.
Take tire to Porsche and have internal inspection done. (take to others at a your own risk). If the puncture is clean they will put an inside patch and plug in. This is necessary since hole in internal layer will allow air to chronically and slowly escape unless interally patched.
The tire loses it's speed rating.
Here's the hard part. if you're doing alot of illegal high speed driving or racing, get a new tire. If you're like the rest of us, doing 70-80 routinely and 100 occasionally for short periods in reasonable temps I bet the properly patched and inspected tire is fine.
A blowout because of the original simple puncture would not be very likely, since there'd have to be extensive belt damage that went undetected.
Also, if I had a blowout at 70-80 mph I think it would be recoverable since we pay attention to driving, are alert drivers and the car has PSM etc.
Porsche service depts in USA will patch the simple tire punctures even though Porsche recommends replacement of any punctured tire.
There's millions of patched tires in the USA, nobody's said this is too risky a thing to do.