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st687 · 07-20-2018, 03:45 PM

Wash them with Dawn after they are dry coat them with 303.

Gary RVRoamer · 07-20-2018, 04:22 PM

Odd - no smell from the Toyo M154 I installed on the front, but mine wasn't in an enclosed space either.

Tires often get protective a coating when they leave the factory and go to the warehouse. Maybe a good scrubbing would help? I has a set of new BF Goodrich on an SUV that smelled when highway-hot. Had a off color tint as well. A couple washes and 500 miles cured that.

Captjake1 · 07-20-2018, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Blazeman

Ok, I bought 6 new Toyo tires last May of 2018 my coach. Tires have a manufacturing date of late 2017. I park the coach in a enclosed garage. But as of lately I have noticed a putrid smell, (like poop). At first I thought it was my black water holding tank. Even though I had dumped the tank, and put tank treatment in both black, and gray tanks. Sniffing around I discovered it was my new Toyo tires? They really smell like poop, I mean they stink horribly bad. Not like rubber, but poop... what gives, has anyone else had this experience?

Lol! Yup! They do for a few months. It lessons with time. Heat makes it worse....but eventually gets less.

Blazeman · 07-20-2018, 05:09 PM

You guys maybe right about scrubbing them. Since I have bought them, I have not needed to wash the Rv. We drove from Canon City, Colorado to Foley, Alabama. stayed close to three weeks, and back. Close to 3 thousand miles without getting into any rain or snow. Coach was almost as clean as it was when we started our trip. Simply amazing! Got home, put the RV into the garage, and the next morning woke up to close to a foot of snow. We later cleaned some bugs off the windshield, and front. So when we take it out of the garage. I’ll try scrubbing the tires with Dawn, and coating them with some of the 303 Protectant. Do many of you guys use this 303 Protectant on tires? I have used it on many things, but not tires? Thanks, again

sdennislee · 07-20-2018, 05:54 PM

I feel for you, really I do. I park in the garage too so I get how bad the must be for you.

Don't have an answer for you but wanted to tell you that your post title is the funniest I've read in some time.

Good luck

ghost1750 · 07-20-2018, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by LHCDryHeat

I too was looking for the cow patties after getting front tires, Toyo M144's. After a month or so it is barely noticeable. Strange. Oh, and these are made in Japan not China.

Maybe they cooled them in a honey well after they made them.

If anyone doesn't know what a honey well is "ask me".

lwmcguire · 07-22-2018, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Blazeman

You guys maybe right about scrubbing them. Since I have bought them, I have not needed to wash the Rv. We drove from Canon City, Colorado to Foley, Alabama. stayed close to three weeks, and back. Close to 3 thousand miles without getting into any rain or snow. Coach was almost as clean as it was when we started our trip. Simply amazing! Got home, put the RV into the garage, and the next morning woke up to close to a foot of snow. We later cleaned some bugs off the windshield, and front. So when we take it out of the garage. I’ll try scrubbing the tires with Dawn, and coating them with some of the 303 Protectant. Do many of you guys use this 303 Protectant on tires? I have used it on many things, but not tires? Thanks, again

I have used Aerospace 303 on tires and used the marine version for many years as well. The basic 303 is good for almost anything you want to protect from the suns rays.

Crasher · 07-22-2018, 12:21 PM

I installed new M144 Toyos six weeks ago and they had a strong "City Sewer" type of smell. Someone responded it was due to certain oils used in the building process. Now with 4000 miles on them and a few days of traveling in near 100* heat and the sidewall temps up near 150*, the smell is almost gone entirely. They were washed only once with just soap and water. No noticeable change from the washing.

brokenrule · 07-22-2018, 01:49 PM

I use 303 Protectant on tires all the time and they still look like new after two years. Anything rubber gets treated. Used it on my boat forever and kept things like new.

slickest1 · 07-22-2018, 08:34 PM

A few yars back I put a set of Toyo's on my one ton Dodge. They stunk like crap for the first couple months. I scrubbed them with all kinds of stuff and it didn't help. They finally quit stinking on their own. I only got about 25000 miles on that set and was not impressed at all.
I have ran lots of Toyo tires in my trucking days and had several different sets on cars and pickups as well and never had a problem with them.
Maybe they were a bad batch!

lwmcguire · 07-23-2018, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Crasher

I installed new M144 Toyos six weeks ago and they had a strong "City Sewer" type of smell. Someone responded it was due to certain oils used in the building process. Now with 4000 miles on them and a few days of traveling in near 100* heat and the sidewall temps up near 150*, the smell is almost gone entirely. They were washed only once with just soap and water. No noticeable change from the washing.

Never had my tires run that hot in 100 degree temps. Did your old ones run that hot as well?

Crasher · 07-23-2018, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by lwmcguire

Never had my tires run that hot in 100 degree temps. Did your old ones run that hot as well?

I use an infrared gun to read the temps after I stop. The TPMS are worthless for accurate casing temps. The Michelins were within 5-7 degrees of the Toyo's, but that is to be expected as the Toyo's have a tougher/stiffer sidewall so more heat buildup. Only the steer tires were that warm due to the heavier weight they carry. The drive and tag tires were 10 and 15* cooler.

96 Wideglide · 07-23-2018, 12:08 PM

My first pair of Toyo M144's smelled like that.
I've changed out 8 tires since then, with practically no smell at all. All manufactured in Japan.
Seems to be hit or miss

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Forkyfork · 07-23-2018, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Crasher

I use an infrared gun to read the temps after I stop. The TPMS are worthless for accurate casing temps. The Michelins were within 5-7 degrees of the Toyo's, but that is to be expected as the Toyo's have a tougher/stiffer sidewall so more heat buildup. Only the steer tires were that warm due to the heavier weight they carry. The drive and tag tires were 10 and 15* cooler.

My TPMS was "accurate" enough to let me know my rotor was intermittently dragging. After about catching my rig on fire due to a fully locked caliper on the rear I picked up a TPMS. The TPMS alerted me to a slightly higher temp on my right front and found that caliper to be failing as well. Changed them all out after that.