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 Re: Nitrogen in Tires
[Re: BigDozer66]
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03/12/20 05:21 PM
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With the recent cold weather, my TPI sensors have gone haywire. I am sure a lot of other car owners experience the same thing. On cold mornings, the low pressure alert comes on and says all of my tires are low. From what I understand, one of the reasons (if not the only one) they put nitrogen in new car tires is that this gas doesn't fluctuate in pressure like oxygen. So, I got on the phone and called several tire shops. Neither NTB, Pep Boys or Discount Tire has any. Where the heck do you get this stuff? My TPMS alerts only go off a couple times a year. The first time when the first "real" cold front hits and again in the Spring (sometimes) when the temps start to climb.  Why would they go off in the spring? PSI in tires should go up when temps get warmer.
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Re: Nitrogen in Tires
[Re: HARD WORKN HAROLD]
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04/18/20 05:30 PM
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Jeff From Iowa
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Nitrogen is not affected by temperature changes. It is an inert gas, that's why it is used exclusively in airplane tires. As far as car or trailer tires, use compressed air. Nitrogen in my race car tires gains less psi than air BUT it still gains psi.....
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Re: Nitrogen in Tires
[Re: doctorxring]
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04/18/20 08:10 PM
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Nobody is filling their tires with Oxygen; the choices so for are naturally occurring air (with moisture) and Nitrogen. You would NOT want to put pure Oxygen into tires for several reason, one in particular that the Oxygen under pressure would increase the rate of oxidation of the tire materials.
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Re: Nitrogen in Tires
[Re: Rayzor]
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04/18/20 08:16 PM
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With the recent cold weather, my TPI sensors have gone haywire. I am sure a lot of other car owners experience the same thing. On cold mornings, the low pressure alert comes on and says all of my tires are low. From what I understand, one of the reasons (if not the only one) they put nitrogen in new car tires is that this gas doesn't fluctuate in pressure like oxygen. So, I got on the phone and called several tire shops. Neither NTB, Pep Boys or Discount Tire has any. Where the heck do you get this stuff? To be accurate, you should be comparing "air" to "nitrogen" as nobody puts pure Oxygen in tires, nor would you want to. Oxygen is detrimental to the materials, and pure oxygen under pressure would degrade the tires faster from the inside. Part of the alleged allure for Nitrogen use is the reduction in materials degradation.
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