Nail in the tire?

I suggest you have a reputable tire shop demount the tire to check for any internal damage. Make sure they know how to demount and mount a tire with the Ford TPMS.

In your case it might have been better if the nail would of went through, then you could have plugged it with a proper fix. Now as it stands you have a weakened area, however, if your not loosing air presure, you should be good to go. A nail in the tire usally makes for a slow leak, pull out the nail and you have a fast leak. When I find a nail in my tire, I leave it in and drive to the tire shop and let them pull it out and repair as needed.

Dude I had a chunk of metal 3/4 inch wide pulled out of one tire and they plugged that sukker 20k ago. still riden on it.

I wouldn't worry about it. Spray some soapy water on the area to make sure it isn't leaking, but if not I'd leave it alone.

A tire is not one solid piece of rubber, it is actually many different layers of different kinds of rubber combined. The outer layers form the carcass of the tire, which includes the sidewall and tread, houses the beads, etc. But the innermost layer is a thin, more flexible rubber that I think is called the bladder (I forgot exactly). This is the layer that holds air. So as long as the innermost layer is not punctured, there is no increased danger of a flat, because that tiny puncture in the outer layers is not really a weak spot, unless something else happened to go right into the same "hole".

This is why a tire plug is NOT the right way to fix a tire. A plug filles the hole in the outer carcass, but does little for the inner layer, and this is why they will always eventually leak. A Patch is not the best answer either, as it just fixes the inner layer, but does nothing for the hole in the carcass, which can lead to the patch failing. The best fix for a hole, and the industry recognized proper fix, is a plug-patch, which is like apatch with a plug comming out of the center of it, it does the job of a plug and of a patch, to fix both parts of the tire.

UrbanRedneck said:

The best fix for a hole, and the industry recognized proper fix, is a plug-patch, which is like apatch with a plug comming out of the center of it, it does the job of a plug and of a patch, to fix both parts of the tire.

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And just try to find a shop that repairs tires that way. I finally found one, after a bunch of phone calls.

One modification to what you said. If the puncture is from a nail, screw, or something similar, and it entered the tire at more than a 15 degree angle from straight in, then you are supposed to use a separate plug and patch. The combined plug-patch does not work properly if it is installed at an angle greater than 15 degrees.