Tire Ratings: ContiSeal Tires by Continental Heal Themselves
The moment of a tire puncture might not be noticed at all, but the pressure in the tank after the process of self-healing can decrease considerably. After the loss of a great amount of sealant the wheel might get a tangible misbalance.
Continental tires will heal themselves.
From the moment the wheel was invented there has always been a great problem. In the modern world with so many sophisticated systems wheel punctures are still an awful problem.
Of course, tire and car manufacturing companies have invented a number of systems to resist this type of failures. To my mind the best solution (and the best system that has been invented so far) is the technology Run-flat – forced tire sidewall that enables to run with a flat tire to the nearest tire workshop at a good speed. It is really nice but the cost is too high.
The inner surface of ContiSeal tires is covered with sticky polymer protected by a special covering. When a tire is damaged the polymer (forced by the pressure) squeezes into the aperture and there it polymerizes.
This costly technology now has a competitor represented by the technology ContiSeal in the new line of Continental tires. It goes without saying that the polymer won’t help against extensive breeches and cuts, but it will be able to handle small damage (the diameter of which is less than 5 mm). ContiSeal tires will be installed on various European cars by the end of spring. At the same time they will be available for retail purchase. One of the first cars to try the new technology will be Volkswagen Passat CC.
At the moment we cannot know how much the new tires are going to cost – Continental hasn’t announced the prices. But in any way they aren’t likely to cost much more than the average tires of the same size and features.
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