How often and how to check tyre pressure?

[GemLeo]

nitro or normal air.. tire pressure still need to check.. how often depends on your driving, mileage etc.. and also your preference la.. after a while.. u agar agar know when to check pressure or top up.

 

I'm on nitro... i travel more than 2k km per month.. i check my pressure 1-2 times fornightly. usually during my regular top ups, the tires are lower than my preferred pressure lo...

 

if nitro.. some people find it troublesome.. cos need to go the same workshop to pump..

if normal air.. petrol stations have the pumps...

[GemLeo]

ya bro.. you have a point.. i'm sure lotsa bro share your views..

 

but for me, I usually drive fast on the NSH... i prefer nitro....

[Good-Carbuyer]

I am not sure how much PSI reading to be optimal for tyres? And how do i know if it needs more pressure or not? I saw a gadget measuring PSI for $40, necessary?

 

Check with the AD office (sometimes found inside of driver's door or gloves compartment

[Cm_0612]

a bit too long.

i think at least once a month, best once per 2weeks.

up to you~

 

 

if u are using N2, it's around that time interval....I pump 250kpa and used to check every 2 weeks, never drop...increased to once a month, same pressure.

So now i too am pumping once every 2 months.

[Yuan]

10k rotation is definitely better, last longer.

but if you buy those performance tyres, it is unidirectional.

can only rotation front/back on one side...

 

I usually do it every 10k when I sent my car to workshop for servicing.

[Yuan]

nitro or normal air.. tire pressure still need to check.. how often depends on your driving, mileage etc.. and also your preference la.. after a while.. u agar agar know when to check pressure or top up.

 

I'm on nitro... i travel more than 2k km per month.. i check my pressure 1-2 times fornightly. usually during my regular top ups, the tires are lower than my preferred pressure lo...

 

if nitro.. some people find it troublesome.. cos need to go the same workshop to pump..

if normal air.. petrol stations have the pumps...

 

I don't find it a chore. As tires are our only contacts on the roads, I would make it an effort to check and send them to tyre shop for nitro pump regularly (once in a fortnight).

 

Like you, I travel close to 3k per month.

[Opel17]

I bought a pressure gage and foot pump from Autobacs a yr ago.

I pump myself at MSCP, becos the nearest petrol station is about 10mins away, sometime got to queue, sometime pump out of service, must adjust pressure for front and rear tyres - paiseh others wait too long for me.

 

 

 

 

 

[Ghostami]

I just check with every 2 petrol refill. I find buying a tyre check gauge meaningless, no offence to bros who bought it. Why I find it so, so what if you found out that the pressure is low, you still need to go pump right? Unless you have your own pump. Might as well go petrol station and pump and you will know the pressure on site and get the problem solve.

Edited August 20, 2010 by Ghostami

[Jchuacl]

I travel 3k a month and don't have any noticeable drop in pressure before I do my 10k rotation. it looks very strange that so many pple need to pump so often. Perhaps the air leak when pple try to measure the pressure

 

a bit too long.

i think at least once a month, best once per 2weeks.

up to you~

 

[Nothingtodo]

I am not sure how much PSI reading to be optimal for tyres? And how do i know if it needs more pressure or not? I saw a gadget measuring PSI for $40, necessary?

 

Drivers side door, usually a sticker near the door latch.

Unnecessary to have the gadget. You can check anywhere with a petrol station pump.

[Ed2win2]

I usually pump 15% higher than the recommended pressure. The extra 15% is to compensate the heated air expansion inside tyre and also pressure loss over the next 2-3 weeks before the next tyre check/pump. This will ensure the tyres will not go below the recommended pressure for most of the time.

[5936]

I tend to agree for normal comfort range tyres.

 

Their profiles may look like these pictures.

 

But got to be careful with re-inforced tyres, dead hardened, run flat, and light veh loading on the tyres- usually the rear tyres.

 

I had seen tyres that looks properly inflated. But when I really checked there is only 14 PSI left.

[PDK]

I am not sure how much PSI reading to be optimal for tyres? And how do i know if it needs more pressure or not? I saw a gadget measuring PSI for $40, necessary?

 

Always inflate your car tyres according to what is stipulated by the car manufacturers. Tyre pressure readings can be found on labels attached to the B pillar or on behind the fuel filler cap depending on the type of car you drive. They are also outlined in the car owner's manual that comes with each car. Correct tyre pressure contributes to the safe handling of the car and this in turn promotes road safety. In most cases, the stipluted tyre pressure commensurates with the number of passengers and luggage you are carrying, especially over long distances. As a rule, the more passengers you carry, the higher the tyre pressure you need. The labels I mentioned will give you the correct pressure information. Correct tyre pressure also helps you to save fuel.

 

Buying a good tyre pressure gauge and keeping in your car is a good practice. Use it to check your tyre pressure at least once a week, if not each fortnight. A tyre losing pressure consistently without your knowledge might end up as a flat while you are driving. This will affect your car control and result in serious consequences. Periodic check of your tyre pressure is a form of passive safety which you can perform with little cost (just buy the pressure gauge).

 

Check your tyre pressure when your car tyres are cold, not after driving your car over distances as this would cause the air in the tyre to heat up and expand, thereby giving you an incorrect reading. Lastly, don't ever forget that the tyres are the only contact point of the car with the road. Hence, they must always be given maintenance priority. If they are bald, change them unless you like driving on slicks! In our ever changing weather conditions, bald tyres on a rainy day will see you spin out of control as you approach a bend at speeds. So do yourself a favour, between chosing to change the ICE or a set of new tyres cos the current ones have balded, please change your tyres and continue to enjoy a safe journey...

[5936]

So how often you check your tyres?

 

I prefer analog gauge to digital.

 

thrown away a number of gauges. Recently just KO one digital gauge $50+. just light knock half tyre height and it's shorted.

 

At the beginning, I will usea second gauge to check if yours' is accurate.

[Yuan]

Always inflate your car tyres according to what is stipulated by the car manufacturers. Tyre pressure readings can be found on labels attached to the B pillar or on behind the fuel filler cap depending on the type of car you drive. They are also outlined in the car owner's manual that comes with each car. Correct tyre pressure contributes to the safe handling of the car and this in turn promotes road safety. In most cases, the stipluted tyre pressure commensurates with the number of passengers and luggage you are carrying, especially over long distances. As a rule, the more passengers you carry, the higher the tyre pressure you need. The labels I mentioned will give you the correct pressure information. Correct tyre pressure also helps you to save fuel.

 

Buying a good tyre pressure gauge and keeping in your car is a good practice. Use it to check your tyre pressure at least once a week, if not each fortnight. A tyre losing pressure consistently without your knowledge might end up as a flat while you are driving. This will affect your car control and result in serious consequences. Periodic check of your tyre pressure is a form of passive safety which you can perform with little cost (just buy the pressure gauge).

 

Check your tyre pressure when your car tyres are cold, not after driving your car over distances as this would cause the air in the tyre to heat up and expand, thereby giving you an incorrect reading. Lastly, don't ever forget that the tyres are the only contact point of the car with the road. Hence, they must always be given maintenance priority. If they are bald, change them unless you like driving on slicks! In our ever changing weather conditions, bald tyres on a rainy day will see you spin out of control as you approach a bend at speeds. So do yourself a favour, between chosing to change the ICE or a set of new tyres cos the current ones have balded, please change your tyres and continue to enjoy a safe journey...

 

Well said.

 

I can find at least one car in a public car park or MSCP where the tyres are bald or have to be changed and everyday I still see them zoom in zoom out of the car parks on the roads.

[Safetyfirst]

different tyres hv different requirement.

 

some/most tyres hv the data embossed on the tyres itself

 

pls check n pump correct tyres accdg to requiremen

[Ghostami]

Well said.

 

I can find at least one car in a public car park or MSCP where the tyres are bald or have to be changed and everyday I still see them zoom in zoom out of the car parks on the roads.

 

This I have seen countless times. These people are either not suppose to own a car or they are completely ignorant about the risk of running a bald tire.

[Ladykillerz]

what i know of, there are some drivers just want to buy cheapest tyres in the market.

buying a car is already at high price.

taking a risk to save some bucks on cheap tyres? kinda doesn't tally.

what PDK bro mentioned is correct.

the only contact point on to the ground is your tyres.

 

when you changed from a cheap set of tyres to a set of UHP tyres, you will tell the difference..

safety always come first. :-)