Hi all,

I have tried searching for this but I don't see it anywhere so my apologies if this has been discussed before. I went to a local tire shop today to get some pricing on new wheels and tires for my xB. When I asked if they could switch the TPMS sensors to the new wheels, they said I needed to purchase new o-rings for the sensors or the tires would always leak. Has anyone heard of the tire pressure sensors needing new o-rings to prevent any leaks? I have looked in a lot of threads and have never heard that.

Thanks ahead for any help

 

I bougth my rims and i took them to the dealer were i bougth my xb and they just took the ones from the original rims and put them on my new ones,no problem.you just have to be sure that the rims are tpms sensor compatible.i think they trying to get more money out of you,check some where else.

 

It is recommended to replace the O rings when removing the TPMS sensors from the wheel. You would probably be fine, but if it's cheap enough, I would rather do it now, than tear the set down and replace them later if you do get a leak.

 

If the wheels that the sensors came out of are almost brand new and this will be the 1st time that the sensors are removed, then no, the sensors o-rings don't need replacing. We never replace 'em at work...

 

Thanks for the reply all! I may replace them then because now that I know there is a possibility of leakage it probably will lol, that's my luck