Volkswagen Golf Service & Repair Manual: Damage caused by foreign bodies
| Driving over hard, pointed objects like nails, screws and
the like can pierce the tyre. |
| This always leads to tyre damage. |
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| Damage due to embedded foreign body |
| Often, the object -marking- is
so securely embedded in the tyre that it will not free itself
even at higher speeds. Consequently, it can act as a plug and
seal the tyre relatively well. This results in a gradual loss of
pressure, which the driver will not notice immediately, but
which can lead to sudden and complete tyre failure. |
 Note
| No repair should be attempted on a steel-belted tyre of
which the structure has been punctured by a foreign body. |
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A swelling in the sidewall of the tyre indicates that the
substructure of the carcass has been damaged.
Typic ...
Tyres with stripped profile
Such damage usually develops over a longer period of time.
If an already damaged tyre is exposed to high stress, the
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Other materials:
Setting the gloss level of HS clear coats and HS top coats
Issued 04.2013
The gloss level of HS clear coats and HS top coats is set by
mixing them with matting additive -LVM 769 810 A2- for plastic
and metal substrates.
The information on the factors that influence gloss level
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Tyre ageing
Even visually flawless, new or barely used tyres with
sufficient tread depth, which are older than six years, may show
significant reduction of wet properties and winter suitability
due only to ageing.
Tyre tests show that a contin ...
Overview of fitting locations – central locking
1 -
Coupling station
Fitting location: right A-pillar
To separate connections, release bellows at pillar
2 -
Onboard supply control unit -J519-
Location: Under dash panel on driver side
Removing
→ Electrical syste ...
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Swellings in the tyre sidewall
Stripped profile