Tyre Pressure Tyre pressure at dealers

smb09_1999 · 26th June 2007, 15:02

Due to the car pulling dramatically to the left when driving, the car was in the garage a month and a half or so ago to get wheel allignment checked. They said they made sure the tyre pressures were ok and the allignment was fine.

Although not fixed, I can live with the way the car drives now.

However, Springfield at Newcastle under inflated the tyres by over 20%. The front should be at 33psi, when I checked them today one was at 26 and the other at 28. The rear wheels should be at 30psi and were again 26 and 27.

Obviously with it being all 4 tyres its not a slow puncture and they shouldn't have deflated themselves by so much in a matter of weeks.

Why do we let these stealers (buffoons) loose with our cars?

Pumped the tyres up to the correct psi's and the difference is amazing, should help the old fuel economy a bit as well.

cylon2007 · 26th June 2007, 15:44

It's probably the guage they use. I have a compressor at home and have one of the tyre inflators (with a supposedly accurate guage) I have used this for both car and bike tyres for about 6 months. I also have a guaranteed accurate guage so I checked the car tyres at the weekend as the ride seemed really hard, the guage on the tyre inflator showed the correct pressures but the accurate guage showed that the front tyres were at 41 PSI and the rear tyres at 37PSI. Having corrected them the ride of the car is much better as is the grip.

Most garages also have compressors and use the same tyre inflators!!!!! Buy a good digital pressure guage and check them yourself.

okehciv · 26th June 2007, 15:52

WHAT A GOOD IDEA

How much are they by the way and can you get one from Halfords or similar ?

cylon2007 · 26th June 2007, 16:29

I actually got mine from Costco but yes Halfrauds do digital guages that are accurate to 1 PSI. About £10.

DuncanP · 26th June 2007, 16:55

My stealer's PDI did not reveal the fact that all 4 tyres were pumped up to 44 - makes you wonder what they do check (if anything!)

okehciv · 26th June 2007, 18:29

Cheers for that cylon

Pottsy · 26th June 2007, 19:34

This might be useful:

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/product...e_gauges.html#

I had the deluxe Halfords one and it under-reads by 2.5 psi...

okehciv · 27th June 2007, 03:49

It is Pottsy

Cheers

Kremmen · 27th June 2007, 06:55

There's an article in the Wiki here that has all known Civic tyre pressures.

Mine are 30 all round.

I've got a Michelin compressor from Halfrauds that aids accurate pressures.

26th June 2007, 15:02	#1 (permalink)
smb09_1999 Nneeaawwwwwwww Triangular Exhaust Join Date: 15th February 2007 Location: North East Posts: 367 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Tyre pressure at dealers Due to the car pulling dramatically to the left when driving, the car was in the garage a month and a half or so ago to get wheel allignment checked. They said they made sure the tyre pressures were ok and the allignment was fine. Although not fixed, I can live with the way the car drives now. However, Springfield at Newcastle under inflated the tyres by over 20%. The front should be at 33psi, when I checked them today one was at 26 and the other at 28. The rear wheels should be at 30psi and were again 26 and 27. Obviously with it being all 4 tyres its not a slow puncture and they shouldn't have deflated themselves by so much in a matter of weeks. Why do we let these stealers (buffoons) loose with our cars? Pumped the tyres up to the correct psi's and the difference is amazing, should help the old fuel economy a bit as well.

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26th June 2007, 15:44	#2 (permalink)
cylon2007 Triangular Exhaust Join Date: 14th April 2007 Location: South Manchester/North Cheshire Posts: 466 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	It's probably the guage they use. I have a compressor at home and have one of the tyre inflators (with a supposedly accurate guage) I have used this for both car and bike tyres for about 6 months. I also have a guaranteed accurate guage so I checked the car tyres at the weekend as the ride seemed really hard, the guage on the tyre inflator showed the correct pressures but the accurate guage showed that the front tyres were at 41 PSI and the rear tyres at 37PSI. Having corrected them the ride of the car is much better as is the grip. Most garages also have compressors and use the same tyre inflators!!!!! Buy a good digital pressure guage and check them yourself.

26th June 2007, 15:52	#3 (permalink)
okehciv Supporter Magic Rear Seat Join Date: 21st January 2007 Location: shaw gtr manchester Posts: 935 Thanks: 5 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	WHAT A GOOD IDEA How much are they by the way and can you get one from Halfords or similar ?

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cylon2007 Triangular Exhaust Join Date: 14th April 2007 Location: South Manchester/North Cheshire Posts: 466 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	I actually got mine from Costco but yes Halfrauds do digital guages that are accurate to 1 PSI. About £10.

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DuncanP Supporter Valve Cap Join Date: 14th December 2006 Posts: 11 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	My stealer's PDI did not reveal the fact that all 4 tyres were pumped up to 44 - makes you wonder what they do check (if anything!)

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okehciv Supporter Magic Rear Seat Join Date: 21st January 2007 Location: shaw gtr manchester Posts: 935 Thanks: 5 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	Cheers for that cylon

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Pottsy Administrator Civinfo guru Join Date: 10th April 2006 Location: Leics Posts: 4,976 Thanks: 8 Thanked 90 Times in 49 Posts	This might be useful: http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/product...e_gauges.html# I had the deluxe Halfords one and it under-reads by 2.5 psi...

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27th June 2007, 06:55	#9 (permalink)
Kremmen Krem de la Krem Civinfo guru Join Date: 7th January 2007 Location: West London Posts: 2,501 Thanks: 6 Thanked 10 Times in 10 Posts	There's an article in the Wiki here that has all known Civic tyre pressures. Mine are 30 all round. I've got a Michelin compressor from Halfrauds that aids accurate pressures.