nitrogen in tires
we bought a used 2013 Toyota Sienna van, 39K miles, a few months ago and it has the green valve stem caps, so I assume it has nitrogen in the tires. Still has the original equipment Michelin tires on...
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campgrammie wrote:
I am getting that you can just add air to tires that have nitrogen in them correct? My son just bought a trailer and his tires have nitrogen in them. Its only a 2 year old camper and this was his second time using it and he got a blown tire on the pike.Luckily he kept it under control and not much happened only a crack in the bumper and the need for a new tire. We have been camping for years and never had a problem like this. And we never heard of tires with nitrogen so its all new to us. Any imput on what could have happened? Could it been because they had nitrogen in them?
Yes, you can just add air to the tires as air is 77% nitrogen. As mentioned by others, filling with nitrogen is a marketing thing by some tire dealers.
And no, the nitrogen did not cause the blowout. It was probably low on air, damaged, overloaded, or a cheap tire- search "China tires" and be ready for a lot of reading.
