Mounted in series on the new VW Passat Coupe since May 2008, the tires ContiSeal "Continental is an alternative still little known but nevertheless interesting technology RunFlat generally quite expensive. The tech ContiSeal based on a viscous plugging agent and thick applied equally by the chains of production on all Continental Tire, the area under the surface, and intervening in cases of puncture.
Slightly increasing the weight of the tire, the officer travels useful if an object with a diameter of up to 5 mm drill is the running surface. His power comes by plugging the subject coating and fixing it, which prevents air from escaping the tire. No punctures, or even slow puncture, the tire is almost instantly clogged!
The technology also provides ContiSeal where the object puncturing the tire comes off: the agent is clogging the plug hole. You do not have to stop or change the tires immediately if you suffer a puncture of this type. However, tires ContiSeal having suffered a puncture should be controlled as quickly as possible by a specialist, who will judge whether they can repair the tire permanently.
In normal conditions, the tire ContiSeal offers performance equal to those of non autocolmatants tires. The introduction and removal of a tire ContiSeal are exactly the same way as the other tires.
Tires ContiSeal are identifiable by a logo on the side edge and can be installed on different rims commonly traded. For now, this technology is limited to the range of products ContiSportContact 3 tires were ContiSeal (17 "and 18") and winter tires ContiWinterContact ContiSeal TS 810 (17 ").
