Is this what a tire plug looks like?

[Bullwinkle123]

This is just a little 20-psi tire on a leaf blower. It's supposed to be a new blower, but it has a slow leak and this really odd ... extrusion? ... coming from the tire between the treads.
I'm wondering if my "new" blower, which had several other problems, was sold to me with a patched tire.

 

[Tinhack]

Looks like bubble gum.

The plugs I've used are solid rubber or twine-type covered in tar looking coating. Both require rubber cement.

Pull it off and clean the area. See what's under it.

 

[workinonit]

Spray some soapy water mix on that area. You'll know if it's leaking shortly.

 

[Bullwinkle123]

Actually it looked black like the rest of the tire until I stretched it a bit. Definitely not bubblegum and pretty firmly attached, and height appears cut to match the surrounding tread. Meanwhile, the tire was definitely leaking, it was flat the day after I brought it home which is when I took a look at it and snapped that photo.

Definitely not something I expect to see on new equipment. Time to get an account on the 'lawnsite' thing I guess and give a review of the new blower. Not having done a plug of any time before I didn't know if that's what it was, someone else remarked that they thought it was a plug. I hit the trifecta of poor manufacturing (there were two other factory assembly issues) and I'm seriously unimpressed by what was supposed to be a new purchase of a premium brand. I took it back to the seller and they've supposedly fixed the issues (I haven't picked it up yet), and have put a tube in the tire.

 

[oosik]

You put a tube in the leaking tire -? Then you now know what that pink "blub" is. I WOULD NOT accept a tube in a tubeless tire as an acceptable fix. New implement should have new, undamaged tires.

 

[ruffdog]

I would rather have a real plug/patch done by a real tire shop than a tube. New equipment....shouldn't be cobbled like that.

 

[Grumpycat]

If it is a plug then you should be able to grab it with pliers and pull it out. Might as well if it is leaking because if the repair is leaking then it has to be pulled to put a new one in.

If there is a tube then you can not repair with a plug from the outside. If tubeless then use soapy water and a paintbrush to find the leak. Sticky string plug kits are $8 at Walmart.

Most tubeless mower tires are easy to remove. Then patch from the inside. Reinstall. But 20 PSI? That is heavier than average mower tire.

 

[mini14]

Tubes suk

 

[Diggin It]

I hit the trifecta of poor manufacturing (there were two other factory assembly issues) and I'm seriously unimpressed by what was supposed to be a new purchase of a premium brand. I took it back to the seller and they've supposedly fixed the issues (I haven't picked it up yet), and have put a tube in the tire.

Three words:

Full refund.

Goodbye.

 

[PILOON]

You said 'new blower'.
If that came from a dealer I'd certainly question his ethics.
Who knows how many hours that 'new' equipment had on it.