Reclaiming and Reusing Filled Tire Fluid

[ri702bill 8,327]

All:

Looks like in the near future I will need to service at least one rear tire on the C81 - the checking on the sidewalls is now showing in the tread area - I am concerned that the tire may split and fail.. The issue is that it is tubed and filled with 4-1/2 gallons of winter windshield washer fluid. I have another mounted C series tire, it holds air but has no tube.

 

What is the best way to EMPTY the filled tube, collect the fluid so I can dismount it and reuse the tube and the fluid in the other tire?? I have an old galvanized 10 gallon washtub - do I just top off the air to 20 PSI, position the tire in the tub with the valve stem at 6 o'clock and pull the core out of the valve stem ??

 

 

 

Edited November 24, 2022 by ri702bill

[Pullstart 62,905]

Is the tube pressurized at all?  Could you pop the bead and cut the tube?  Maybe just start by removing the valve core and see if the tube shrinks and squeezes the fluid out?  Maybe pull the valve core and feed a long, small diameter hose into it for a snorkel/breather?

[JoeM 7,874]

14 minutes ago, Pullstart said:

Maybe pull the valve core and feed a long, small diameter hose into it for a snorkel/breather?

That is what I used a straw from a spray can and let is set over a 5 gallon bucket overnight over the floor drain. I will say that stuff was nasty / funky like bacteria grew in it. I did not reuse just used new RV stuff. I don't know how old it was cause it came in the tires on a used machine I purchased.  

[ri702bill 8,327]

22 minutes ago, Pullstart said:

pop the bead and cut the tube?

Not the plan - these are vintage OE Heavy Duty GoodYear tubes - not the inferior thin walled gar-bage sold today.

I plan to reuse the tube as long as I can.....

[Lee1977 6,663]

I think air it up as you said will work, If you don't get enough out the first time add more air. I have 45 year old tubes in the triribs on my 312.

[Achto 27,597]

6 hours ago, ri702bill said:

What is the best way to EMPTY the filled tube, collect the fluid so I can dismount it and reuse the tube and the fluid in the other tire??

 

May be pick up one of these to pump the fluid out of the tube. It would also work to refill the tube.

https://www.harborfreight.com/multi-use-transfer-pump-63144.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=17890472041&campaignid=17890472041&utm_content=140972224233&adsetid=140972224233&product=63144&store=356&gclid=CjwKCAiAyfybBhBKEiwAgtB7ftuipHE4XEW3YSUI0K0x3CVnzQjLKDDwyIlVCXWSpyBfOjZtAFIFpxoCE6cQAvD_BwE

Edited November 24, 2022 by Achto

[953 nut 55,284]

I had to repair a punctured tire/tube that was liquid filled. I put a clean trash bag in my shop trash can, put some vise grips on the valve stem so it wouldn't go inside the tire, removed the valve  and put the tire/wheel on top of the trash can to drain. Next morning there was hardly any fluid in the tube and I was able to break the beads, pull enough of the tube out to repair the puncture. Put the tube back inside and pumped the fluid back in with no problem.