rgatijnet1 wrote:
SarahLichtman wrote:
If there's an issue with either tire, the temperature is going to go up, so you'll know. The temperature is accurate within 1 degree. Any sudden changes or significant changes will alert you.
If you have the Crossfire and ONE TPMS and one tire has a leak, what indications will you get with the TPMS monitor?
Will it be enough that it will trigger a high temperature or low pressure signal, or will the change be so minor that an alarm will not go off as it would with a standard TPMS system?
The outside sensor will be likely more affected by brakes temperatures, than tire temperature, so I would not rely on it too much.
Crossfire has build-in flow switch that in case of one tire blow, will hold the pressure in other one.
The problem I had in the past was small leak, where Crossfire would drop the pressure on both tires, costing both tires loss.
That is why I come to conclusion that using Crossfire without TPMS is asking for trouble.
Each TPMS systems have different settings, but usually you will not get alarm till pressure drop by about 20% what is all you really need.
Small leak can be always detected by monitoring the pressure every hr.