Air in Tyres

DeBe · Guru

Air in Tyres

Nomad246 · Senior Member

Very emotional response PnM ,,,, but there are other safer ways of safety that maybe better.

We've been as remote as you describe, but always come back to tell the story without extreme fixes

Cheers

DeBe · Guru

Seems to be a lot of hysterria about LPG here. When a 9KG gas cylinder is being filled with the bleed screw opened there is LPG vapour escaping from the cylinder. Dont hear of to many explosions or fire from these actions. You might be surprised some new fridges with LPG refrigerant these days. One of my vehicles has LPG in the Airconditioner as a replacement for R12.

Nomad246 · Senior Member

Good point DeBe

Peter_n_Margaret · Guru

Actually, if you search Utube you will find that exploding a flamable gas in a tyre is an excellent way to reseal a bead on a tubeless tyre.
I have tried it and it works, but what is a surprise is how difficult it is to get that explosion to happen, and when it does it is almost a non event.
I have also tried several times using ether, which is much more flamable than LPG, before I successfully lit it.

Leaking significant volumes of gas to atmosphere happens every time your caravan bottle is filled. Initially it is gas, and lots of it and then it is liquid which amounts to many many times the energy content.
This is done hundreds of times every day all over Australia.
I don't recall too many explosions.

Cheers,
Peter

Nomad246 · Senior Member

I'm very "old school" ,, I just carried a few spare tubes to install in punctured tyres, never considered trying to refit a tubeless tyre in the bush by blowing it up with an explosion.

Interesting things I've become aware of

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Happywanderer · The Master

Yep, who would have thought!!!! And you're confused. Imagine how I feel.

-- Edited by Happywanderer on Monday 17th of December 2012 09:55:22 AM

Happywanderer · The Master

Talking about air in tyres, my son checked all my tyres for me yesterday. I had put 40 PSI in each at Bridgestone in Echuca. The asssitant did actually. Son didn't think it looked 40. Not one was over 35 PSI.
The spare that hadn't been checked since early this year only had 6 PSI. And yet was checked and filled before I left for north last easter.

Santa · Guru

Happywanderer wrote:
Talking about air in tyres, my son checked all my tyres for me yesterday. I had put 40 PSI in each at Bridgestone in Echuca. The asssitant did actually. Son didn't think it looked 40. Not one was over 35 PSI.
The spare that hadn't been checked since early this year only had 6 PSI. And yet was checked and filled before I left for north last easter.

Eight months without checking the spare confuse

allinone · Senior Member

Checking the spare - mmmm that is a challenge - never checked in more than one year and put it on when a flat occurred, not long ago, it was still perfect. now it has been put it back up. It lives upside down under the rear of the van and must be wound up/down to access. My tires at set at 80psi..... The tyre dealer said I would get 5-10k from them a year ago. 20k since gone and just put on 2x Toyo on the front, gee they are so quiet and smooth running. The old bridgestones has a 2004 dates tamp on them.

Nomad246 · Senior Member

Agreed allinone, checking the spare is painful in just about every vehicle.

80psi is much more than I would run, even in a spare.

Happy travels

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