10-04-2006, 10:49 AM
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Inflation pressure for new NITROGEN filled tires
Hello to all. Just purchased a set of Michelin Pilot Exalto All-Season
205/65 H15 for 98 Camry XLE V6. Next day I went to Toyo dealer for wheel
alignment and filling of tires with nitrogen. As for the wisdom of spending
extra money on nitrogen, time will tell. I like to ask for recommendation on
inflation pressure. Should I stick with Toyota factory recommendation, or go
up few notches. Telling by rougher ride, the shop set the pressure a bit
higher, as they usually do. I am not too concerned to maximize thread life
or extract best mileage from the car, I just like good traction for
left-lane spirited driving at interstate speeds. I almost went with V rated
rubber but was afraid those may be too noisy for long trips. Thanks in
advance, -Sveta
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10-04-2006, 11:37 AM
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Inflation pressure for new NITROGEN filled tires
"S. Petkovic" <sveta118@comcast.net> wrote in message
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Hello to all. Just purchased a set of Michelin Pilot Exalto All-Season 205/65 H15 for 98 Camry XLE V6. Next day I went to Toyo dealer for wheel alignment and filling of tires with nitrogen. As for the wisdom of spending extra money on nitrogen, time will tell. I like to ask for recommendation on inflation pressure. Should I stick with Toyota factory recommendation, or go up few notches. Telling by rougher ride, the shop set the pressure a bit higher, as they usually do. I am not too concerned to maximize thread life or extract best mileage from the car, I just like good traction for left-lane spirited driving at interstate speeds. I almost went with V rated rubber but was afraid those may be too noisy for long trips. Thanks in advance, -Sveta
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I would go 2-4 PSI higher that specified by the Camry User manual. Most
auto-service places (including some dealers) set the pressure way too high.
I use about 33 PSI when the tires are already warm (which is about 30-31
cold tire pressure) for my 98 XLE V6 using Michelin Pilot 92H tires. The
above cold tire pressure numbers assume that the ambient temp is about 70
degrees.
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10-04-2006, 04:01 PM
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Inflation pressure for new NITROGEN filled tires
Why does anyone want to use pure nitrogen in his tires? I use 80% N2
and 20% O2 and it works fine.
S. Petkovic wrote:
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Hello to all. Just purchased a set of Michelin Pilot Exalto All-Season 205/65 H15 for 98 Camry XLE V6. Next day I went to Toyo dealer for wheel alignment and filling of tires with nitrogen. As for the wisdom of spending extra money on nitrogen, time will tell. I like to ask for recommendation on inflation pressure. Should I stick with Toyota factory recommendation, or go up few notches. Telling by rougher ride, the shop set the pressure a bit higher, as they usually do. I am not too concerned to maximize thread life or extract best mileage from the car, I just like good traction for left-lane spirited driving at interstate speeds. I almost went with V rated rubber but was afraid those may be too noisy for long trips. Thanks in advance, -Sveta
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10-04-2006, 04:23 PM
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I think it was Stubby <William.Plummer-NOSPAM-@alum.mit.edu> who
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Why does anyone want to use pure nitrogen in his tires? I use 80% N2and 20% O2 and it works fine.
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But that's not really the best idea either.
Me? I like to have some other gasses too; I prefer this mixture in my
tires:
Nitrogen N2 78.084 %
Oxygen O2 20.9476 %
Argon Ar 0.934 %
Carbon Dioxide CO2 0.0314 %
Neon Ne 0.001818 %
Helium He 0.000524 %
Methane CH4 0.0002 %
Krypton Kr 0.000114 %
Hydrogen H2 0.00005 %
Xenon Xe 0.0000087 %
That's the brew *I* use!
-Don
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10-04-2006, 04:25 PM
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"S. Petkovic" <sveta118@comcast.net> wrote in message news:YY6dnSWIAOxun7nYnZ2dnUVZ_oqdnZ2d@comcast.com. .. I would go 2-4 PSI higher that specified by the Camry User manual. Most auto-service places (including some dealers) set the pressure way too
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I use about 33 PSI when the tires are already warm (which is about 30-31 cold tire pressure) for my 98 XLE V6 using Michelin Pilot 92H tires. The above cold tire pressure numbers assume that the ambient temp is about 70 degrees.
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Thanks,
What you're saying makes sense, I will do the same.
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10-04-2006, 04:27 PM
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10-08-2006, 03:33 AM
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"S. Petkovic" <sveta118@comcast.net> wrote in message
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Hello to all. Just purchased a set of Michelin Pilot Exalto All-Season 205/65 H15 for 98 Camry XLE V6. Next day I went to Toyo dealer for wheel alignment and filling of tires with nitrogen. As for the wisdom of
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extra money on nitrogen, time will tell. I like to ask for recommendation
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inflation pressure. Should I stick with Toyota factory recommendation, or
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up few notches. Telling by rougher ride, the shop set the pressure a bit higher, as they usually do. I am not too concerned to maximize thread
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life
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or extract best mileage from the car, I just like good traction for left-lane spirited driving at interstate speeds. I almost went with V
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rubber but was afraid those may be too noisy for long trips. Thanks in advance, -Sveta
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what do you do when you need the tires lose pressure? can you mix air and
nitro? if so what are the benefits of having nitro? eventually all tires
need added pressure so do you go to someone who uses nitro or can you get a
tank ful and keep it in your garage?
mike............
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10-10-2006, 06:44 PM
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Hello to all. Just purchased a set of Michelin Pilot Exalto All-Season 205/65 H15 for 98 Camry XLE V6. Next day I went to Toyo dealer for wheel alignment and filling of tires with nitrogen. As for the wisdom of
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extra money on nitrogen, time will tell. I like to ask for
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inflation pressure. Should I stick with Toyota factory recommendation,
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up few notches. Telling by rougher ride, the shop set the pressure a bit higher, as they usually do. I am not too concerned to maximize thread
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life
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or extract best mileage from the car, I just like good traction for left-lane spirited driving at interstate speeds. I almost went with V
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rubber but was afraid those may be too noisy for long trips. Thanks in advance, -Sveta
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what do you do when you need the tires lose pressure? can you mix air and nitro? if so what are the benefits of having nitro? eventually all tires need added pressure so do you go to someone who uses nitro or can you get
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tank ful and keep it in your garage? mike............
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I will ask shop to check/add nitro when I have my oil/filter change.
Otherwise, adding coulple of lbs/sq"
regular compressed air would be rather small procentage of total volume so
it would not change
things too much. It would be nice if they started marketing compressed nitro
in cans like those of tire
repair/inflator so one can keep it ready in trunk.
-sveta
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10-11-2006, 04:00 AM
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"S. Petkovic" <sveta118@comcast.net> wrote in message
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Hello to all. Just purchased a set of Michelin Pilot Exalto
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All-Season
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205/65 H15 for 98 Camry XLE V6. Next day I went to Toyo dealer for
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wheel
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alignment and filling of tires with nitrogen. As for the wisdom of spending
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extra money on nitrogen, time will tell. I like to ask for
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recommendation
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inflation pressure. Should I stick with Toyota factory recommendation,
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or
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up few notches. Telling by rougher ride, the shop set the pressure a
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bit
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higher, as they usually do. I am not too concerned to maximize thread life
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or extract best mileage from the car, I just like good traction for left-lane spirited driving at interstate speeds. I almost went with V
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rated
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rubber but was afraid those may be too noisy for long trips. Thanks in advance, -Sveta
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what do you do when you need the tires lose pressure? can you mix air
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nitro? if so what are the benefits of having nitro? eventually all
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tires
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need added pressure so do you go to someone who uses nitro or can you
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get
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tank ful and keep it in your garage? mike............
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I will ask shop to check/add nitro when I have my oil/filter change. Otherwise, adding coulple of lbs/sq" regular compressed air would be rather small procentage of total volume so it would not change things too much. It would be nice if they started marketing compressed
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nitro
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in cans like those of tire repair/inflator so one can keep it ready in trunk. -sveta
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it seems like a hassle more than a bonus to me, but here's another silly
question. say you get a flat tire and need to use the spare that is factory
filled w/ air, does it affect the handling or ride of the car?
mike.......
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10-11-2006, 01:44 PM
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"JerseyMike" <clamdigger724@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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"S. Petkovic" <sveta118@comcast.net> wrote in message news:YY6dnSWIAOxun7nYnZ2dnUVZ_oqdnZ2d@comcast.com. .. > Hello to all. Just purchased a set of Michelin Pilot Exalto
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All-Season
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> 205/65 H15 for 98 Camry XLE V6. Next day I went to Toyo dealer for
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wheel
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> alignment and filling of tires with nitrogen. As for the wisdom of spending > extra money on nitrogen, time will tell. I like to ask for recommendation
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on > inflation pressure. Should I stick with Toyota factory > recommendation,
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or
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go > up few notches. Telling by rougher ride, the shop set the pressure a
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bit
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> higher, as they usually do. I am not too concerned to maximize > thread life > or extract best mileage from the car, I just like good traction for > left-lane spirited driving at interstate speeds. I almost went with V rated > rubber but was afraid those may be too noisy for long trips. Thanks > in > advance, -Sveta > > what do you do when you need the tires lose pressure? can you mix air
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and
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nitro? if so what are the benefits of having nitro? eventually all
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tires
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need added pressure so do you go to someone who uses nitro or can you
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get
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a
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tank ful and keep it in your garage? mike............
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I will ask shop to check/add nitro when I have my oil/filter change. Otherwise, adding coulple of lbs/sq" regular compressed air would be rather small procentage of total volume so it would not change things too much. It would be nice if they started marketing compressed
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nitro
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in cans like those of tire repair/inflator so one can keep it ready in trunk. -sveta
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it seems like a hassle more than a bonus to me, but here's another silly question. say you get a flat tire and need to use the spare that is factory filled w/ air, does it affect the handling or ride of the car? mike.......
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And yet another silly question- Do they evacuate all the air out of the
tire after mounting it, then add nitrogen?? I'm not even sure it would even
be possible without unseating the bead. I guess you could put the whole
wheel and tire assembly into a vacuum chamber....
Paul
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