My camper came with tires filled with Nitro air
Can I use regular air to top off the tires if it is under pressure? I just don't know if it is okay to mix two different of air.
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I love this thread. It put a smile on my face.
But back to the original question, yes, you can put in regular air.
I would say that nitrogen is probably better than air only because they have removed the oxygen. It's the lack of oxygen that gives a small benefit to tire wear. No oxygen means no oxidizing on the inside of your tires. I can't comment on pressure differences, but some people claim that pure nitrogen suffers less pressure change with temperature. Maybe they are correct. That would be a benefit as well.
Don't forget that most RV tires age out before they wear out. So while the insides of your tires may be protected from oxygen, the outside of them will still be exposed to air and the sun.
Having said that, if your tires are low on pressure, I'd rather top it off with air than not top it off at all. If you can top it off with nitrogen, then go ahead. No harm in that, but don't delay because you don't have access to the nitrogen.
You will probably never notice the difference anyway. At the end of the day, if nitrogen causes you more stress (because you need to find nitrogen), it probably isn't worth doing at all.
But back to the original question, yes, you can put in regular air.
I would say that nitrogen is probably better than air only because they have removed the oxygen. It's the lack of oxygen that gives a small benefit to tire wear. No oxygen means no oxidizing on the inside of your tires. I can't comment on pressure differences, but some people claim that pure nitrogen suffers less pressure change with temperature. Maybe they are correct. That would be a benefit as well.
Don't forget that most RV tires age out before they wear out. So while the insides of your tires may be protected from oxygen, the outside of them will still be exposed to air and the sun.
Having said that, if your tires are low on pressure, I'd rather top it off with air than not top it off at all. If you can top it off with nitrogen, then go ahead. No harm in that, but don't delay because you don't have access to the nitrogen.
You will probably never notice the difference anyway. At the end of the day, if nitrogen causes you more stress (because you need to find nitrogen), it probably isn't worth doing at all.
