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I've been slowly fixing all the minor issues on my parent's 1998 Toyota Camry over the past year and am down to just a small air leak on a wheel.

The original owners apparently lived in SoCal, and for some reason everyone down there has to replace their perfectly good wheels for cheap (or expensive) crap. These wheels are chrome plated steel, and the chrome is beginning to rot off. There is a small air leak around the bead that causes the tire to go too low in about a month.

I'm trying to spend as little as possible on this car with 250,000 miles. As much as I loath the stuff, does goo effectively seal leaks around the bead of the tire? It seems the goo would coat the tread portion only, and not find its way to the rim. Are there any other tricks to stop the leak without de-mounting the tire using normal shop tools?

Too bad I don't live near SoCal, or I could probably find someone anxious to trade their new OEM wheels with the chrome junkers I've got. Maybe I'll check the junk yards tomorrow... the tires do need replacing.