Hi Guys,

Woke up this morning to a 90% flat tire. I managed to limp over to the gas station and when I started to put air in it, the guage said I only had 5psi in the tire. I filled it up (of course). I must have a leak, because I just checked and filled my tires last weekend.

So here's my question. If the tire can't be patched and I need to replace it, can I just replace the one tire. I've heard that on a quattro you must replace both rears (or fronts) to avoid buggering up the diff's. I'm not sure if that's true or just a quattro urban legend.

Help me out guys! Thanks!

 

How much mileage on the tire? If only a few k, I'd say you're fine. If more than 5k-10k or so, you'll have to replace all 4. Not only 2. Check the spec in the audi manual, usually it's a diamete difference of less than a few 1/32 of an inch.

 

I got them at the beginning of last summer so I'm well beyond the 10K mark. All 4 eh? Man that sucks......

 

Been there, doen that (on a subaru). Yes it sucks.

Hopefully it's pluggable.

 

It's at the shop right now. Hopefully I'll get some good news. Hey, can I mount a new tire on my business partners BMW 540i, turn off the traction control and just paint the road with it until I wear it down to the same level as the other tires. LOL

 

You can buy them and some places will shave them off a bit for you. Could be worth it.

 

Honestly, tires are cheap. buy 2 new ones and then youll have a 2nd full size spare

 

Woohoo. Tire has been patched.

 

you can't with AWD. All 4 tires need to match.