Can you plug a tire twice?

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asked Dec 24, 2020 in Repairs/Maintenance by Cravenmorehead (920 points)
Can you plug a tire twice?

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answered Dec 24, 2020 by Mechanic21 (29,150 points)
Tires can be plugged more than once as long as the holes are not too close together.

You can plug a tire twice if you get a hole in the tire more than once.

However patching a tire is much better but when done properly a good tire plug can hold and last until the tire needs replaced.

I've plugged tires 4 times before and the tire lasted until it needed replaced at 50,000 miles.

Just never put a tire plug in a sidewall as that is not safe.

if the tire has a hole in the sidewall it should always be replaced with a new tire instead of trying to plug the sidewall.

I have however had to in an emergency plug the sidewall of my own truck tire because I had no spare with me and was on the side of the highway and needed to get off the highway.

But I did go get a new tire installed within that same day.

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