Is anyone using Nitrogen in their tires?

[Andrew Duane]

I was always told nitrogen was good (moreso in high performance
situations) because it was dry. Water vapor changes pressure a lot more
under changing heat loads, e.g. at a track. Nitrogen has no water vapor
in it, unlike compressed atmospheric air, so tire pressures don't
balloon on the track. No pun intended :-)

quattro-bounces at audifans.com wrote:
> I see two and only two possible advantages for using Nitrogen
> in tires.
> 
> 1.      Using a tank of nitrogen gas to fill a tire relieves the need
> for a compressor to provide compressed air at trackside.  (Is this an
> advantage?) 
> 
> 2.      For long term storage keeping the rubber surfaces without
> oxygen might reduce the rate of surface oxidation for the
> tires.  This might be of value if long-term is interpreted as meaning
> multiple years.  Of course, filling the tire with nitrogen will help
> keep oxygen away from the interior of the tie but will accomplish
> nothing for the exterior surfaces.
> 
> Other than that the other claims sound pretty much like snake oil ads.
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
> At 09:12 AM 6/12/2008, Kneale Brownson wrote:
> > I have one tire that replaced a road damaged tire that the
> > installers filled with Nitrogen.  After reading several reviews on
> > the internet, I wouldn't pay to have tires filled with it, because
> > the differences are barely discernible.   Only times any of my tires
> > have leaked are when the wheels crack.  I've had several Audi wheels
> > crack, apparently from road hazards..
> > 
> > Al Streicher <streichea001 at hawaii.rr.com> wrote:  Just read an
> > article on this. Better for the tire/rim, less corrosive that
> > oxygen. Nitrogen leaks out slower. Better handling, cooler running
> > tire. 
> > 
> > See http://www.getnitrogen.org/
> > 
> > Al
> > 
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