False Tire PSI Reading
All I can find on searches is TPMS questions and this isn't really one of those.... I don't think.
We've had a cold snap and yesterday the light on my 2014 Ram started telling me I had a low tire. So, I stopped into the shop and the kid told me the front/right only had 35# (should be 60). I thought it was strange since my truck tells me all 4 corners and it said 55. So, today I go check to see if it's lost any and every time with 3 different hand gauges it tells me 30ish at first and when I try a couple more times it pops to 60. The interior gauge also is telling me 60.
My question is can valve stems be bad and not produce a correct reading at first attempt? I've never had this happen before but since my 3 hand gauges and tire store kid's hand gauge all do the same thing I'm thinking there is something wrong with the tire. The tires in question are only a few months old.
We've had a cold snap and yesterday the light on my 2014 Ram started telling me I had a low tire. So, I stopped into the shop and the kid told me the front/right only had 35# (should be 60). I thought it was strange since my truck tells me all 4 corners and it said 55. So, today I go check to see if it's lost any and every time with 3 different hand gauges it tells me 30ish at first and when I try a couple more times it pops to 60. The interior gauge also is telling me 60.
My question is can valve stems be bad and not produce a correct reading at first attempt? I've never had this happen before but since my 3 hand gauges and tire store kid's hand gauge all do the same thing I'm thinking there is something wrong with the tire. The tires in question are only a few months old.
