New camper coming has nitrogen filled tires
Hello all . I never had a car or truck that had nitrogen filled tires. Now I understand my new highland ridge has them. Thats got to be a pain to maintain? I always check pressure before we take off. ...
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philh wrote:Thermoguy wrote:
also had one that had a constant leak no one could fix. Now, new tires from Costco - different tire but filled with nitrogen at no cost.
Why didn't you replace air with N2 in the leaking tire?
Good question - didn't think of it. When I had a Goodyear shop and Discount tire try to fix the leak, neither of them recommended anything other than they couldn't find the leak. This post is actually the first time that I read that Nitrogen had a different size molecule that could have maybe helped.
As far as tires expanding and such, I can say from experience, that on a hot day the nitrogen filled tire pressure does not get as high while driving at highway speeds as the non nitrogen filled tires.
I think we have kind of beaten up this topic - but glad to see I'm not the only one that thinks there is a benefit - especially if it is free or low cost...
