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ronahue 
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Joined: 02 Jun 2015 Location: Massachusetts Online Status: Offline Posts: 316 |
 Topic: Nitrogen in tiresPosted: 02 Nov 2015 at 2:47pm |
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Our 179 came with nitrogen in the tires I know the advantages of nitrogen in tires (that's the only thing allowed in commercial aircraft tires) but the practicality of using nitrogen is hard to grasp. I am religious about checking tire pressures but I'm no going to run around with a bottle of nitrogen. Anyone else just topping of with air? I apologize if this subject has been broached before but nothing came up in my search.
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Ron & Sharon
2015 R-Pod 179 2022 Nissan Frontier No trees were harmed in the sending of this message but a billion electrons were really agitated |
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Luv2Q
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Joined: 30 Aug 2014 Location: Central TX Online Status: Offline Posts: 309 |
Posted: 02 Nov 2015 at 3:13pm |
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Yep, just air. Works fine. As I understand it, the benefit to using nitrogen is that it doesn't dissipate through the tires as quickly as air. But plain ol' air works just fine.
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John & Teri
Tundra 5.7L V8 / RP 180 E2 WDH / Integrated controller (POS) replaced by Tekonsha P3 |
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furpod
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Joined: 25 Jul 2011 Location: Central KY Online Status: Offline Posts: 6128 |
Posted: 02 Nov 2015 at 3:18pm |
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"air" is like 78 percent Nitrogen.. so.. and a lot of the theory revolves around molecule size, so that bit of oxygen that gets out due to it's smaller size, will be made up with nitrogen when you top off.
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techntrek
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Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 02 Nov 2015 at 4:35pm |
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Just air here.
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Podster
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Joined: 16 Sep 2014 Location: San Antonio Online Status: Offline Posts: 1108 |
Posted: 04 Nov 2015 at 5:05am |
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...a profit source for dealerships. It does, however, reduce pressure fluctuation attributed to temperature changes.
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Cliff & Raelynn
Ranger 4.0/178 (1/2 ton 5,800lb tow capacity) |
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Nitrogen in tires