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Foretravel Motorhome Forums => Foretravel Tech Talk => Topic started by: Elliott on October 15, 2023, 02:03:31 pm

Title: Valve stem cap doohickey
Post by: Elliott on October 15, 2023, 02:03:31 pm
What is this? It's on the end of my valve stem.

Title: Re: Valve stem cap doohickey
Post by: Pamela & Mike on October 15, 2023, 02:07:51 pm
A flow through valve stem cap. Kind of a grey area in the DOT rules that states you have to have valve stem caps.

Mike
Title: Re: Valve stem cap doohickey
Post by: bbeane on October 15, 2023, 02:10:39 pm
That is an air through valve cap. You can check/air tires without removing the cap. I'm not a fan of them, I had one that got some grit in and slowly leaked, I use metal caps now.
Title: Re: Valve stem cap doohickey
Post by: Elliott on October 15, 2023, 02:11:48 pm
Got it. Thanks guys. They have to come off for extensions and my TPMS sensors anyways.
Title: Re: Valve stem cap doohickey
Post by: rbark on October 15, 2023, 02:24:40 pm
You can add air to tires without removing that cap. If one leaks you need to change it