Tyre Inflator

[The_Traveller]

Hey guys,

Do you get any DIY tyre (pressure) inflators ? I notice all 4 of my RF tyres losing pressure on a weekly basis, and when I top up at the garage, the mofos scratch my wheels.

TIA !

 

[SauRoNZA]

RF?

And yes of course you do. Checkers Hyper have a few and also Makro. Any Mida or other car parts type place will too.

But here's a novel idea...just do it yourself at the garage. Their gauges are woefully inaccurate though unless it's the new digital ones.

How on earth do they scratch your wheels though?

 

[e4et]

Rord Fanger

 

[bwana]

RF?

And yes of course you do. Checkers Hyper have a few and also Makro. Any Mida or other car parts type place will too.

But here's a novel idea...just do it yourself at the garage. Their gauges are woefully inaccurate though unless it's the new digital ones.

How on earth do they scratch your wheels though?

Always preferable to do it when the tyres are cold.

OP - rather than one of those jobbies you plug into the cigarette lighter get a small compressor. I use mine regularly for jobs other than filling my tyres.

 

[SauRoNZA]

Always preferable to do it when the tyres are cold.

OP - rather than one of those jobbies you plug into the cigarette lighter get a small compressor. I use mine regularly for jobs other than filling my tyres.

If you use the garage closest to your house the temperature should make for maybe a .1 bar variance.

But even so their gauges are the real problem.

I used to do it at home but now I have temperature compensating TPMS so no need to worry about calibration really.

 

[bwana]

If you use the garage closest to your house the temperature should make for maybe a .1 bar variance.

Only 0.1 bar after driving 17km? I'll have to test that sometime.

I still prefer to have my own compressor.

 

[cr@zydude]

Only 0.1 bar after driving 17km? I'll have to test that sometime.

I still prefer to have my own compressor.

It works for people who don't live in the wilderness. If you drive less than 1km your tyres would still be 'cold'.

Garage gauges are an issue though. I doubt that they are ever recalibrated.

 

[bwana]

It works for people who don't live in the wilderness. If you drive less than 1km your tyres would still be 'cold'.

Garage gauges are an issue though. I doubt that they are ever recalibrated.

Hardly the wilderness... just not adjacent to a petrol station

 

[SauRoNZA]

Only 0.1 bar after driving 17km? I'll have to test that sometime.

I still prefer to have my own compressor.

Well of course it’s relative. But most people have a service station within 1-2km I would imagine.

Also you live in the South, can’t tell me the closest station is 17km.

But yeah having your own helps. Especially a proper wall socket one.

 

[SauRoNZA]

It works for people who don't live in the wilderness. If you drive less than 1km your tyres would still be 'cold'.

Garage gauges are an issue though. I doubt that they are ever recalibrated.

Yup.

Just this morning I stopped with 2.4 bar on the front and 2.8 on the back.

Wanted 2.6 and 2.9 and filled accordingly to their gauge.

Pulled off and it was 2.9 in front and 3.4 at the back according to TPMS so had to stop and manually blow it off.

At least over inflation is better than under inflation otherwise I would feel sorry for people thinking their tyres are running correct pressures.

 

[bwana]

Well of course it’s relative. But most people have a service station within 1-2km I would imagine.

Also you live in the South, can’t tell me the closest station is 17km.

But yeah having your own helps. Especially a proper wall socket one.

Is that what we're calling PE these days? I wonder if I can get a 1991 COTY Delta Motor Corporation Opel Monza 160 GSi painted orange with a confederate flag painted on the roof.

 

[SauRoNZA]

Is that what we're calling PE these days? I wonder if I can get a 1991 COTY Delta Motor Corporation Opel Monza 160 GSi painted orange with a confederate flag painted on the roof.

Thought you were in Cape Town.

Did you move?

Guessing you aren’t in the city centre then as I remember there being loads of service stations.

 

[The_Traveller]

RF?

And yes of course you do. Checkers Hyper have a few and also Makro. Any Mida or other car parts type place will too.

But here's a novel idea...just do it yourself at the garage. Their gauges are woefully inaccurate though unless it's the new digital ones.

How on earth do they scratch your wheels though?

So if garages are woefully inaccurate ( which I'm aware of btw), then why would I chance it going there? So then of course another reason for me to do a DIY.

RF= Run Flat

I have 20" gloss black wheels, they cost a lot and I need them to stay in good nick.

Appreciate your advice, and you others guys too.

 

[bwana]

So if garages are woefully inaccurate ( which I'm aware of btw), then why would I chance it going there? So then of course another reason for me to do a DIY.

Of course you could just buy yourself a decent pressure gauge and keep it in the glove box.

 

[SauRoNZA]

So if garages are woefully inaccurate ( which I'm aware of btw), then why would I chance it going there? So then of course another reason for me to do a DIY.

RF= Run Flat

I have 20" gloss black wheels, they cost a lot and I need them to stay in good nick.

Appreciate your advice, and you others guys too.

Could just buy a gauge or as I said use a garage with the digital ones.

My comment was rather that I don’t understand how you could hurt the rim with a compressor. Never in my life have I near managed that and even if you were to knock it they should not be that brittle.

If they are then you can’t drive the car anywhere as a little piece of gravel would kill it.

MotoQuip used to sell a nice digital one at Makro. But a lot of guys will swear by analog.

The nice thing with digital is that you set what you want and just connect it. Then it switches off when it gets there.

 

[The_Traveller]

Could just buy a gauge or as I said use a garage with the digital ones.

My comment was rather that I don’t understand how you could hurt the rim with a compressor. Never in my life have I near managed that and even if you were to knock it they should not be that brittle.

If they are then you can’t drive the car anywhere as a little piece of gravel would kill it.

MotoQuip used to sell a nice digital one at Makro. But a lot of guys will swear by analog.

The nice thing with digital is that you set what you want and just connect it. Then it switches off when it gets there.

A new petrol station opened up close to me and all 5 pumps with digial systems gave different readings. So for a few months I used just one and the same to pump.

If you see the nozzle of the point that goes into the valve, it has a big piece on it and if a person is careless , it can easily scratch the wheel, and unfortunately it did happen to mine.

I am not sure if you owned gloss black wheels before, but I haven't, so wasn't concerned on my silver painted wheels. But the black ones are a biatch, and yes stones do knock them and cause chips as well, but where I can save my wheel, I must.

 

[Geoff.D]

I have both a digital and an analogue gauge. I also have a built in compressor in my Navara. I never trust the gauges at filling stations. I use their compressed air but always set with my own gauges.

 

[SauRoNZA]

A new petrol station opened up close to me and all 5 pumps with digial systems gave different readings. So for a few months I used just one and the same to pump.

If you see the nozzle of the point that goes into the valve, it has a big piece on it and if a person is careless , it can easily scratch the wheel, and unfortunately it did happen to mine.

I am not sure if you owned gloss black wheels before, but I haven't, so wasn't concerned on my silver painted wheels. But the black ones are a biatch, and yes stones do knock them and cause chips as well, but where I can save my wheel, I must.

What do you mean different readings? You do realise you need to adjust them right?

Or do you mean from the car’s display?

I have had gloss or otherwise painted wheels on all my bikes which are a bigger pain as they have rigid and often odd angled valves.

Cars generally have longer and rubber valves but yeah I know what you mean the digital ones have that lock stop in place and I can see how that would rotate as scratch.

But even so changing tyres would then rape them completely.

What car btw?

 

[Geoff.D]

The problem is as with all things these days, the training of how to use the new system is lacking. The new gauges only work IF the user ensures that the hose is properly connected to the tyre valve AND WAITS until the gauge tells him to disconnect. So in my opinion while the idea is that the new gauges are supposed to be idiot proof, they are anything but because motorists also need to be "trained" as to how they work.