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How offen do you pump air for tyres?  

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  1. 1. How offen do you pump air for tyres?

    • weekly
      44
    • weekly to monthly
      100
    • monthly
      138
    • monthly to half year
      49
    • more than half year
      25

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Pinobii

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  On 5/17/2015 at 3:23 AM, flashbang said:

Tyre pressure should be based on tyre or car?

There's a label that u might be able to find at the door area which states the recommended pressure for your car, I don't follow 100%

 

Plus a little should be ok too

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Jumpmanz

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i try to pump every week too.

was actually at esso tpy lor1 last week and saw the old man who appeared in the papers. pass him $2 to buy coffee even though i never pump petrol.

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TVT

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  On 5/17/2015 at 3:23 AM, flashbang said:

Tyre pressure should be based on tyre or car?

 

Tyre. Especially if yours are not stock sized...

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Vratenza

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Anyone uses the Shell Stations' new tyre pump stations with retractable air hose?

 

I used it 3-4 times in total since they are launched, for the life of me can never get the hang of how to stop the reel from rewinding while I am pumping the tires. My only solution is to step on one section to hold it down while I use the free end to top  the air of my tires.

 

Cannot find any catch or latch to stop the rachet from rewinding.

 

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jammi

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Always hated standing in line to get tyres pumped up. Life has been easy since I bought by own compressor.

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BanCoe

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Same here, lagi worse when trying to pump bicycle tyre [:|] as bicycle tyre more wobbly and one hand have to hold the bike at times

 

 

  On 6/10/2017 at 8:35 AM, Vratenza said:

Anyone uses the Shell Stations' new tyre pump stations with retractable air hose?

 

I used it 3-4 times in total since they are launched, for the life of me can never get the hang of how to stop the reel from rewinding while I am pumping the tires. My only solution is to step on one section to hold it down while I use the free end to top  the air of my tires.

 

Cannot find any catch or latch to stop the rachet from rewinding.

 

[:p]

 

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Solar

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Guys.. Is it really necessary to do it weekly?

I only check around once or monthly, sometimes two months.

No significant loss.. maybe the only loss is the time I connect the valves with this pssst sound?

 

Perhaps driving long distances daily affects it?

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Blueray

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  On 6/11/2017 at 9:25 AM, Solar said:

Guys.. Is it really necessary to do it weekly?

I only check around once or monthly, sometimes two months.

No significant loss.. maybe the only loss is the time I connect the valves with this pssst sound?

 

Perhaps driving long distances daily affects it?

 

Nah ... weekly is too ks.

 

Once every 1 - 2 months is more than adequate. 

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flashbang

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  On 6/11/2017 at 9:25 AM, Solar said:

Guys.. Is it really necessary to do it weekly?

I only check around once or monthly, sometimes two months.

No significant loss.. maybe the only loss is the time I connect the valves with this pssst sound?

 

Perhaps driving long distances daily affects it?

 

Weekly is overkill. I keep track of when I pump air, once I forgot to pump for 2 months, pressure had dropped from 35PSI to 28PSI which was quite a big difference. I would think once every 4-5 weeks is about right for me. 

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Gnahp

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my car tire pressure will drop 10% in around 2~3 weeks

 

I usually top it up every 2~3 weeks

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nazerath

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  On 6/10/2017 at 8:35 AM, Vratenza said:

Anyone uses the Shell Stations' new tyre pump stations with retractable air hose?

 

I used it 3-4 times in total since they are launched, for the life of me can never get the hang of how to stop the reel from rewinding while I am pumping the tires. My only solution is to step on one section to hold it down while I use the free end to top the air of my tires.

 

Cannot find any catch or latch to stop the rachet from rewinding.

 

[:p]

There's a notch that you can hook on the side or can just pull n step on it, got free workout too.

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Chucky2007

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I used to think TPMS is useless... but ever since I installed a Orange brand TPMS I feel it's really good to have. No longer have to Guess if pressure is Low and no monthly visit just to pump air

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Vratenza

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Got notch? I only see rollers X 3 sides where the hose exit the reel. Will go scrutinize it again next time... heck, am starting to think I should just go to Esso station next door to do my pumping instead.

 

  On 6/11/2017 at 3:02 PM, nazerath said:

There's a notch that you can hook on the side or can just pull n step on it, got free workout too.

 

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