[Vwdiesel] TDI tires

[Frank G. Pival]

Perhaps but here are some interesting facts about using nitrogen in your 
tires. It can't hurt can it....
http://www.innovativebalancing.com/Nitrogen.htm
> There is so much nonsense flying around this nitrogen in tires bit, it's a
> big tires sales gimmick.  The ONLY measurable advantage you get is the fact
> that it is DRY gas going in to the tire, not carrying a level of humidity.
> Humidity levels in the tire exacerbate the change in pressure experienced
> when temperatures rise in use. So the tire droid wet mounts the tire with
> soap and water, away goes the advantage, then uses nitrogen to fill and acts
> like he's using space shuttle technology.
> You can achieve the exact same results with using dry air, that has been
> dried on purpose through a dessicant or refrigerant dryer.
>
> That said, we use nitrogen on the race cars, mainly because we can buy a
> relatively inexpensive tank of the stuff and not have to have another piece
> of equipment to maintain at the track to run air guns and fill tires, and it
> lasts 2 seasons per tank.  To fill properly, you need to fill, drain, fill
> drain, to purge the moisture from the interior to have any advantage
> whatsoever- it does not take much water in there at all.
> If the hole is big enough to let out O2 and CO2, N2 will follow. Physically,
> yes, N2 is bigger, but we use these silly thin race tires, and they leak
> down through the sidewall over time same as with air.
>
> To use their logic, if you fill your tire, let all the small molecules leak
> out (no more than 20% is possible) then refill, you have concentrated the
> nitrogen in your tires.  Do it a few times, and you have nearly pure
> nitrogen in the tire, which you could then sell to the tire shop... hmmm.
> -james
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On
> Behalf Of LBaird119 at aol.com
> Sent: February-29-12 11:06 AM
> To: Vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] TDI tires
>
>
> In a message dated 2/29/2012 3:26:28 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> toensing at wildblue.net writes:
>
> The  benefit of nitrogen is slower loss of air as I am told nitrogen
> molecules are  larger than other air molecules.
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> I've always wondered just HOW much benefit there really is from  that,
> considering the atmosphere is nearly 80% nitrogen.  I would think  moisture
> content would have more to do with it than the fact that it's 20% more
> nitrogen.
>     Loren
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