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Offline k50

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Wheel valve hole
« on: March 28, 2010, 09:16:36 pm »
Hi wondering if anyone has any suggestions. Bought a new monza 2 off ebay and have found out it's a factory second due to the valve hole being too small. Anyone know if they can be made bigger? anywhere that could do this? thanks
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Re: Wheel valve hole
« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2010, 09:44:11 pm »
Are you sure it isn't meant to have one of the VW specific metal valves?
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Re: Wheel valve hole
« Reply #2 on: March 28, 2010, 10:05:00 pm »
Yeah I bought new valves fron VW because of tyre pressure monitors. Garage said hole too small for any type of valve
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Re: Wheel valve hole
« Reply #3 on: March 28, 2010, 10:06:38 pm »
Quote from: k50 on March 28, 2010, 10:05:00 pm
Yeah I bought new valves fron VW because of tyre pressure monitors. Garage said hole too small for any type of valve

I believe the tyre pressures are measured using the roation of the wheel and not a sensor in the valve?
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Re: Wheel valve hole
« Reply #4 on: March 28, 2010, 11:46:02 pm »
me too . otherwise aftermarket alloys would cause all sorts of issues on mk5's . and i have not had any !
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Re: Wheel valve hole
« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2010, 02:02:20 pm »
Quote from: holepunch on March 28, 2010, 10:06:38 pm
Quote from: k50 on March 28, 2010, 10:05:00 pm
Yeah I bought new valves fron VW because of tyre pressure monitors. Garage said hole too small for any type of valve

I believe the tyre pressures are measured using the roation of the wheel and not a sensor in the valve?

thas correct, it uses the ABS for the TPMS.
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Re: Wheel valve hole
« Reply #6 on: March 30, 2010, 02:15:25 pm »
There are 2 types of monza 2's.  The difference is the valves sizes so you may find you've just got the wrong ones
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