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Was RE: Front strut parts Q, now nitrogen filled tires
Filling with nitrogen is an option around where I live too, and the main
reason the people who do it is because the temp difference in our climate.
It is very common to add air as winter sets in, and apparently with the
nitrogen
you don't need to do this at all, unless of course you have a leak. For
example,
the tires on run on my Dakota during the non winter months, right now *might*
have about 10psi in them on average after sitting all winter. A guy who works
for me got new tires last year, with the nitrogen, and hasn't had any pressure
changes so far.
John C. Worden
Bucksport, Maine
'98 Dakota 4x4-
'86 Scirocco 8V-Soon to be a 16V
'81 Scirocco -Engineless and noseless
'78 Scirocco Brazil Brown Metallic, 4 speed.- In the Rotisserie
'89 Polaris Indy Deluxe
-----Original Message-----
From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of Larry Fry
Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 8:46 AM
To: David Utley; Camron D. Crouse; Scirocco List
Subject: Re: Front strut parts Q.
> New Tires Installed yesterday (Bridgestone Potenza RE750 205 45
> ZR16's Costco Nitrogen Filled US$128 ea. )
>
>
> What does filling the tires with Nitrogen do? I am at a loss... :(
Nitrogen does not expand as much as air as it warms up, so your tire
pressure stays more uniform as you drive.
This is not an issue with street cars for several reasons; the main one
being that air is primaritly nitrogen anyway, so the benefit is slight.
The main reason I see for using nitrogen is that bottled gas...nitrogen,
in
this case...is much drier than compressed shop air (even if the
compressor
has
a water trap) and wheel corrosion will be kept to a minimum.
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