OT; Nitrogen filled tires
Hi,
Just wondered what if topping up with ordinary air to a nitrogn filled tires. What would happen? Good, bad or any harm? |
Re: OT; Nitrogen filled tires
Tony Hwang wrote:
> Hi, > Just wondered what if topping up with ordinary air to a nitrogn filled > tires. What would happen? Good, bad or any harm? not a problem. the question is, why did you bother with nitrogen in the first place? |
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jim beam wrote:
> Tony Hwang wrote: > >> Hi, >> Just wondered what if topping up with ordinary air to a nitrogn filled >> tires. What would happen? Good, bad or any harm? > > > not a problem. the question is, why did you bother with nitrogen in the > first place? Hi, Wife had new tires put on at Costco and they only use nitrogen. When I took the car to a lube joint for oil change they are not gonna bother with tire pressure check because of nitrogen(green valve cap). |
Re: OT; Nitrogen filled tires
Tony Hwang wrote:
> jim beam wrote: > >> Tony Hwang wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> Just wondered what if topping up with ordinary air to a nitrogn filled >>> tires. What would happen? Good, bad or any harm? >> >> >> not a problem. the question is, why did you bother with nitrogen in >> the first place? > > Hi, > Wife had new tires put on at Costco and they only use nitrogen. > When I took the car to a lube joint for oil change they are not gonna > bother with tire pressure check because of nitrogen(green valve cap). > just do it yourself and fill at the next gas station. there's a small advantage to nitrogen related to partial pressures, but that only works on initial fill. after that, you may as well just maintain pressure with free/cheaper air. you'll certainly never know any difference driving around. |
Re: OT; Nitrogen filled tires
Tony Hwang wrote:
> jim beam wrote: > >> Tony Hwang wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> Just wondered what if topping up with ordinary air to a nitrogn filled >>> tires. What would happen? Good, bad or any harm? >> >> >> >> not a problem. the question is, why did you bother with nitrogen in >> the first place? > > > Hi, > Wife had new tires put on at Costco and they only use nitrogen. > When I took the car to a lube joint for oil change they are not gonna > bother with tire pressure check because of nitrogen(green valve cap). > Since air is mostly nitrogen anyway, you will just end up with less nitrogen in the mix, which was probably not 100% nitrogen to begin with, because the tires would have had some air in them before inflation. |
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jim beam <spamvortex@bad.example.net> wrote in
news:Y8ydnWXKhoDKY7HVnZ2dnUVZ_iydnZ2d@speakeasy.ne t: > Tony Hwang wrote: >> Hi, >> Just wondered what if topping up with ordinary air to a nitrogn filled >> tires. What would happen? Good, bad or any harm? > > not a problem. the question is, why did you bother with nitrogen in the > first place? Indeed. Of what advantage is 85% nitrogen over the 78% in regular air? -- Tegger The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ |
Re: OT; Nitrogen filled tires
In article <GX6Xj.141098$Cj7.136462@pd7urf2no>,
Tony Hwang <dragon40@shaw.ca> wrote: > Hi, > Just wondered what if topping up with ordinary air to a nitrogn filled > tires. What would happen? Good, bad or any harm? Google "atmosphere composition" |
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Tegger <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in
news:Xns9AA047F72250Ategger@207.14.116.130: > jim beam <spamvortex@bad.example.net> wrote in > news:Y8ydnWXKhoDKY7HVnZ2dnUVZ_iydnZ2d@speakeasy.ne t: > >> Tony Hwang wrote: >>> Hi, >>> Just wondered what if topping up with ordinary air to a nitrogn >>> filled tires. What would happen? Good, bad or any harm? it wastes the oney you spent to get a nitrogen fill. >> >> not a problem. the question is, why did you bother with nitrogen in >> the first place? > > Indeed. > > Of what advantage is 85% nitrogen over the 78% in regular air? less O2 for the tires to absorb? (internal pressure forcing more absorbtion that outside air.) -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net |
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Jim Yanik wrote:
> Tegger <tegger@tegger.c0m> wrote in > news:Xns9AA047F72250Ategger@207.14.116.130: > >> jim beam <spamvortex@bad.example.net> wrote in >> news:Y8ydnWXKhoDKY7HVnZ2dnUVZ_iydnZ2d@speakeasy.ne t: >> >>> Tony Hwang wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> Just wondered what if topping up with ordinary air to a nitrogn >>>> filled tires. What would happen? Good, bad or any harm? > > it wastes the oney you spent to get a nitrogen fill. that's why you shouldn't waste your money in the first place! > >>> not a problem. the question is, why did you bother with nitrogen in >>> the first place? >> Indeed. >> >> Of what advantage is 85% nitrogen over the 78% in regular air? > > > less O2 for the tires to absorb? > (internal pressure forcing more absorbtion that outside air.) > tires "absorb" [diffuse] oxygen from atmosphere anyway. if the tire is 100% nitrogen, oxygen will still diffuse in - partial pressures. the only technical advantage to nitrogen is on the extreme performance end of the spectrum where you may want to minimize oxygen for fire protection, or water vapor [always present in air] for icing. like aerospace. |
Re: OT; Nitrogen filled tires
On Fri, 16 May 2008 03:11:34 GMT, Tony Hwang <dragon40@shaw.ca> wrote:
>Just wondered what if topping up with ordinary air to a nitrogn filled >tires. What would happen? Good, bad or any harm? if you allow any of the nitrogen to escape, thousands could be killed. /sarc |
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JXStern wrote:
> On Fri, 16 May 2008 03:11:34 GMT, Tony Hwang <dragon40@shaw.ca> wrote: > > >>Just wondered what if topping up with ordinary air to a nitrogn filled >>tires. What would happen? Good, bad or any harm? > > > if you allow any of the nitrogen to escape, thousands could be killed. > > /sarc > > > Yup, Begining with you first, LOL! |
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On May 17, 11:43 am, JXStern <JXSternChange...@gte.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 16 May 2008 03:11:34 GMT, Tony Hwang <drago...@shaw.ca> wrote: > >Just wondered what if topping up with ordinary air to a nitrogn filled > >tires. What would happen? Good, bad or any harm? > > if you allow any of the nitrogen to escape, thousands could be killed. > > /sarc "Oh, the humanity!" |
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As I recall consumer reports did something about this and it works really
well........................ at sucking $$ from peoples pockets. That's about all. "JXStern" <JXSternChangeX2R@gte.net> wrote in message news:38vt24l87nqvieq72p9oasbaeujv60dh9t@4ax.com... > On Fri, 16 May 2008 03:11:34 GMT, Tony Hwang <dragon40@shaw.ca> wrote: > >>Just wondered what if topping up with ordinary air to a nitrogn filled >>tires. What would happen? Good, bad or any harm? > > if you allow any of the nitrogen to escape, thousands could be killed. > > /sarc > > > |
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Chuck wrote:
> As I recall consumer reports did something about this and it works really > well........................ at sucking $$ from peoples pockets. > > That's about all. > > > "JXStern" <JXSternChangeX2R@gte.net> wrote in message > news:38vt24l87nqvieq72p9oasbaeujv60dh9t@4ax.com... > >>On Fri, 16 May 2008 03:11:34 GMT, Tony Hwang <dragon40@shaw.ca> wrote: >> >> >>>Just wondered what if topping up with ordinary air to a nitrogn filled >>>tires. What would happen? Good, bad or any harm? >> >>if you allow any of the nitrogen to escape, thousands could be killed. >> >>/sarc >> >> >> > > > Hi, Our local Costco tirep shop only uses Nitrogen for some reason. Their price is very good. |
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"Chuck" <Pants_thresher2@verizon.net> wrote in message news:PKHXj.4107$sX5.3081@trnddc02... > As I recall consumer reports did something about this and it works really > well........................ at sucking $$ from peoples pockets. > > That's about all. > > > "JXStern" <JXSternChangeX2R@gte.net> wrote in message > news:38vt24l87nqvieq72p9oasbaeujv60dh9t@4ax.com... >> On Fri, 16 May 2008 03:11:34 GMT, Tony Hwang <dragon40@shaw.ca> wrote: >> >>>Just wondered what if topping up with ordinary air to a nitrogn filled >>>tires. What would happen? Good, bad or any harm? That is as may be but I can tell you this. It works wonders for tires when the temps hit -35F and even colder. Dave D |
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