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I just got my first truck with a tire pressure system. The first cold night and the light is on and my tire pressure is low. I read that nitrogen helps with this problem. Anybody use nitrogen instead of air? Is it worth the price?
Thanks in advance.
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I'm nuts for the place
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It may. Remember that regular air is like 85% nitrogen anyways. Just keep an eye on the pressure, and you are all set.
The nitrogen thing is like snake oil to me. But I have an air compressor in the garage, and can check pressure/top off the tires every night if I felt like it. Especially for the exhorbitant price they charge for it. If they'd do it for free, I may try it.
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Consumer Reports: "Overall, consumers can use nitrogen and might enjoy the slight improvement in air retention provided, but it's not a substitute for regular inflation checks."
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Just plain insane!
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If you are a NASCAR driver you need nitrogen. Otherwise... no!!
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#8 |
Postwhore
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I Have A New Acura; The Dealer Recommended Nitrogen Because Several People Were Having The Tire Pressure Warning Going Off When The Weather Turned Colder. My Tires Stay @ 35 PSI & Have For The Last 6 Months.
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#10 |
Still Watching My Back
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Your tire pressure can have some pretty significant changes throughout the day. In the fall on cold mornings, my Z will have read out at 29 psi in the tires when its 35 degrees, then later in the day when its 70 and sunny, the tires will be 34-35 psi. In the winter, I just fill the tires and check the pressure when its in the mid 20's and i'm good to go
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Also, I may be off here, but don't your tires warm up considerably once you're driving? Even if the reading is off in the morning before you get started, I would think that you'd be good to by the time you hit the highway
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Simple Pleasures - 2oL
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That may be the answer for my mother's accord although the tire pressure light wouldn't even go off while I was driving it down in FL.
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Have My Own Room
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Air is just under 79% nitrogen. I get the warning on the first cold day of the year and put a little air back in and all is good until the summer ( 6 months typically) which is about the normal leak rate for air on most tires. Nitrogen is slower in most cases but a lot more expensive to refill. Another point of view http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars...stions/4302788 |
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Still Watching My Back
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You will gain maybe 2 - 3 psi if you drive for a bit, but that's the most I've noticed even in the summer.
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Admiral Douchebag
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If someone wants me to pay it forward with a Pif other than cigars, I can send you a Nitrogen Bomb.
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