2bzy2c
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Just came across this. The point made was the TPS (tire pressure sensors) in your tires can get damaged from the moisture in regular compressed air. Nitrogen has no moisture.
Now it makes sense to use nitrogen, since those TPS sensors are expensive to replace.
Kind of makes you go Hmmmmm...
My advice is worth exactly what you paid for it.
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Lady Fitzgerald
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Air from a compressor normally goes through a dryer. I still feel nitrogen in tires is snake oil.
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pianotuna
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Hi,
I'll keep filling mine with 79% nitrogen, 20% oxygen and 1% other gases. I agree with Jeannie. Snake Oil.
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keatonb16
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It was a fad new car dealers started to get an edge. I don't give it much consideration either.No 100 percent nitrogen for me.
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trucker495
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snake oil!!!
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nelson
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Only have one question, How do you get 100% of Regular air out of you tire before you fill it with nitrogen .
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mowermech
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Lady Fitzgerald wrote:Air from a compressor normally goes through a dryer. I still feel nitrogen in tires is snake oil.
"NORMALLY"??
Obviously, said by someone with little knowledge of air tools. I have worked in places where there was a mist of water every time the trigger was pulled on an air drill.
I finally got an automatic draining water trap to mount on my tool box. When the boss saw the puddle under the box, he decided perhaps a dryer would be a good thing!
DRY air or DRY nitrogen is a good idea for tires.
Air or nitrogen with moisture or oil is NOT a good thing!
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skipnchar
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Article written by the same folks who advertise they use nitrogen? I feel that on balance using 100% nitrogen instead of 78% nitrogen, does more damage than good. When you DO get a low tire and would NORMALLY fill it back up, you drive around looking for someplace that sells nitrogen OR you end up putting 78% nitrogen in them and waste any possible benefit you MIGHT have had.
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Home Skillet
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There are millions of cars on the road with TPMS sensors that have NO issues with air in the tires.
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joenic
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The idea of nitrogen servicing of tires originated with the military and commercial airlines. High pressure nitrogen 2000-3000 psi is regulated to a lower pressure and contains NO moisture. Someone decided to hi-jack this idea for cars and rv's, makes a nice money maker.
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