nitrogen filled tires

[Matty White]

Quick question tyres are inflated with nitrogen not sure of the pros and cons but anyway just wondering how i went about trying to inflate them if there low? Do i now need to put nitrogen in them or what? If so where can i get some from?

 

[DavieTDI]

think its just a case of normal air has water droplets along with it and nitrogen does not. sou keep your Tyre pressure longer with nitrogen. i just refiled with air unless a could find some one that did nitrogen

 

[Matty White]

May have a look about and see if anyone does nitrogen locally and go from there!

 

[lajohnz]

Don't waist your money! Check out link below

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=knHeUF9JLzg

 

[Matty White]

Not wasting money just brought my first ibiza fr last week and was looking through the paper work and said tyres were filled with nitrogen so didnt no the pros and cons of it!

 

[@udi A3]

had mine filled for 14 months now and they never seem to need air unless i get a puncture. kwikfit and ats use gas.

 

[Matty White]

Seems good to me got kwikfit about 5 mins away from me so no issue there!

Cheers

 

[CatB1]

Even when you top up with air it will be 78% nitrogen anyway.

Pete

 

[Matty White]

Yh i no but previous owner put it them!

 

[mickyp1989]

They tested it on 5th gear and it made no difference other than they stay inflated for longer

 

[S7UYJ]

Nitrogen is an inert gas so generally is more stable and doesn't react with much., we don't use anything but to inflate aircraft tires.
Main benefits are low oxygen content, meaning less chance of combustion in a blow out( not really issue on cars) and also won't corrode from the inside, again not really a car issue.

Hope that helps and makes sense!

Ps, no danger or negative effects to mixing the 2

 

[Matty White]

Bit of a rip off then?

 

[BrettBlade]

Bit of a rip off then?

Depends what you're expecting... Staying inflating longer = yes. Anything else is either very debatable or no effect.

 

[S7UYJ]

Even the fact they stay inflated longer is debatable. It's your wheel and valve that makes the seal, and nitrogen is still a gas so if air will escape, so will nitrogen. It's more the degradation that nitrogen copes better with but to notice it in a car tyre, it would take a long time to show it's effects

 

[Nath.]

Nitrogen is an inert gas so generally is more stable and doesn't react with much., we don't use anything but to inflate aircraft tires.
Main benefits are low oxygen content, meaning less chance of combustion in a blow out( not really issue on cars) and also won't corrode from the inside, again not really a car issue.

Hope that helps and makes sense!

Ps, no danger or negative effects to mixing the 2

So, do you vacuum out all the regular air from a new tyre before you fill with nitrogen? If not I can't see that you will be much more than the 78% nitrogen that's in air anyway.

 

[S7UYJ]

I don't think there is a way really! If there was a clear advantage for road cars to have nitrogen filled, then there would be a much bigger market in places like halfords etc, but It's a bit like fitting an f1 rear wing, great for f1 cars, still do a bit on road cars but generally not needed!
I know the gtr has nitrogen filled tyres but more of a publicity thing

My opinion, bit of a waste of money and effort, but If you want to give it a try, it's not dangerous to mix or give it a go!

 

[CatB1]

Nitrogen is an inert gas so generally is more stable and doesn't react with much., we don't use anything but to inflate aircraft tires.
Main benefits are low oxygen content, meaning less chance of combustion in a blow out( not really issue on cars) and also won't corrode from the inside, again not really a car issue.

Hope that helps and makes sense!

Ps, no danger or negative effects to mixing the 2

Guess we are in the same industry