Experts recommend checking air pressure in the tires the car every time you visit the petrol station.
The interval between such inspections will allow you to maintain the recommended tire air pressure.
Benefits of proper air pressure in tires
Experts agree that maintaining proper air pressure in tires is as important as tuning the engine. In fact, the economic effect of this can be even more noticeable.
With the proper air pressure of tires last longer, save fuel, improves drivability, decreasing the likelihood that you will be party to an accident or an accident.
Check the air pressure in tires
Since the tires were doing their job, without attracting attention, it's easy to forget all about their existence. However, the daily tire pressure decreases slightly as a result of air leaks. In cold weather, the tire in a typical case, the pressure will lose between one and 0.07 to 0.14 atm in a month.
In warm weather, the pressure loss even more. Tires are often subjected to bending stresses and shocks that can affect the pressure drop in them. Therefore, it should be understood that the swapping of wheels is just as important as the completion of the fuel tank. So check the air pressure in the tires of your car whenever you stop for refueling at gas stations. The interval between such inspections will allow you to maintain the recommended tire air pressure.
Another suitable opportunity to test the air pressure is a permutation of the wheels. Many models of cars of different pressure in the front and rear wheels, so do not forget to provide the desired pressure value. Do not forget to check the pressure in the spare tire.
To spare wheel compact type (dokatki) requires a much higher value of air pressure than the other wheels, and it almost becomes useless (due to overload), if the pressure in the following provisions.
Where can I find information on air pressure
The value of the required air pressure in tires can be found in the Owner's Manual (manual) car or a plate glued to the edge of the car doors to their vertical jamb at the door of the glove box or at the door of the compartment fueling neck. In such a label indicates the maximum capacity of vehicle, the pressure in the cold tires and tire size recommended by the vehicle manufacturer.
Another valuable source of information is a table load on the tire / pressure in them. In this document presents not only the correct tire pressure for standard sizes, but also provides information on additional sizes. An example is the Honda Civic with the standard size 185/65R14.
The recommended air pressure - 1,93 bar. Size "plus one" will be tire 195/55R15 with a recommended air pressure of 2.2 bar. Size "plus two" is the 205/45R16 tire with a recommended air pressure of 2,5 bar. Notice how the air pressure increases with increasing size to match the capacity of vehicle.
Other factors that change the air pressure
In addition to regular inspections of air-pressure opportunity to apply to a compressor may be other factors. For example, seasonal changes in temperature or change in altitude lower or reduce the air pressure in tires. It is also important to take into account the load applied to trucks and motor caravans to rest.
Since these cars can have different configurations and load, to determine the correct pressure should take into account the actual load on the bus. This is best done by weighing the vehicle. Also note that the loading of the car can vary from trip to trip.
Sometimes a small nail, screw or other object pierces the tire, acting for some time as a leaky spigot. Tire pressure is declining slowly for several hours or days unnoticed by the driver.
The best protection in these circumstances serves driver experience, able to detect the pressure change on the various symptoms. Pay attention to any vibration, which seems anomalous. Listen to any ticking sound that will be especially audible at low speeds in traffic and parking.
If you find such sounds to pull over and inspect the wheel on the side where the vibration is seen or heard an unusual sound. Swollen sidewall of the tire and / or excessive heating point on the yield of air at low speed. Install the spare wheel and give perforated wheel repair shop. Ask the worker is not damaged sidewall. If damaged, this tire should be replaced.
How to measure air pressure
For the accurate measurement of air pressure gauge is required. Many people believe that they can check air pressure just by looking at the bus and appreciating the eye deformation of the sidewall.
Many people use devices at service stations, which can have large errors owing to ill-treatment. Do not spare money for a good gauge. For the case with the truck and trucks use a pressure gauge housing with two heads, which is calibrated up to 8 bar in increments of 0.1 bar.
When checking tire pressure car, make sure that they are "cold", ie when a car drove up to one-half kilometers. Remember that driving increases the temperature and air pressure in the tire.
The impact on the environment
How can the ordinary maintenance of tires is to maintain the recommended values ??of air pressure affect the surrounding environment? Very direct! If motorists have closely followed the "rubber" in his car, in this case a smaller number of tires per year turned out to be in the dumps and landfills that pollute the environment.
About how many tires can you talk? It is estimated that most drivers lose from 10 to 50% tread depth due to insufficient tire pressure. This is a significant statistic. Now think of the additional quantity of fuel which is burned in cars on the soft tires.
Ride on these buses at a cost of additional energy. Although these statistics and can varirovatsya in a fairly wide range and can be sometimes inconclusive, the implications are staggering.
Maintain the correct tire pressure may seem minor detail in our daily affairs, but the need for recycling used tires complicated environmental problems. And this is directly related to our life, health, family and well-being of the family.
