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Offline Rosie

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Car tyres
« on: July 28, 2009, 07:36:53 PM »
I decided to clean my car last week and then thought I`d go the whole hog and see if I could put air in the tyres too, having never done it before. :help :help :help

I looked up the pressures in my little hand book and off I went.
When I put the gauge on the valves it read around 36 for all 4 of them.
My little book said 23...so I let the air out untill it reached 23.

Trouble is now...it`s driving like shit!!
I just skidded around the corner coming down to my house.
I`m sure it can`t be right!!

Wish i never bothered now :no :no :no :no :no
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Re: Car tyres
« Reply #1 on: July 28, 2009, 07:39:14 PM »
Maybe a dodgy guage Rosie. Drive carefully to your local garage I reckon and have them put the air in. Ask them to put your guage on the valves when they've finished to see if it's acurate.

And these are just for you  :flowers
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Re: Car tyres
« Reply #2 on: July 28, 2009, 07:42:22 PM »
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I decided to clean my car last week and then thought I`d go the whole hog and see if I could put air in the tyres too, having never done it before. :help :help :help

I looked up the pressures in my little hand book and off I went.
When I put the gauge on the valves it read around 36 for all 4 of them.
My little book said 23...so I let the air out untill it reached 23.

Trouble is now...it`s driving like shit!!
I just skidded around the corner coming down to my house.
I`m sure it can`t be right!!

Wish i never bothered now :no :no :no :no :no

no cars i've ever driven have tyre pressure that low! usually between 32 and 38,

perhaps you mixed up 23 with 32?

i always opt for a couple of psi above to ensure less wall movement and to suit my driving style
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Re: Car tyres
« Reply #3 on: July 28, 2009, 07:44:22 PM »
what car year, make & model is it? i'll find the recomended psi on line
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Re: Car tyres
« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2009, 07:49:12 PM »
when I have a car I play it safe and stick 34 in all of the tyres
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Re: Car tyres
« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2009, 08:13:47 PM »
23 does seem very low??  :no
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Re: Car tyres
« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2009, 08:27:06 PM »
Well it was very confusing. There was lots of different numbers in the book.
It`s a volkswagen polo.
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Re: Car tyres
« Reply #7 on: July 28, 2009, 08:36:11 PM »
Polo is roughly about the same size as a Focus and mine takes 32 psi all round.

Rosie - you sure the manual didn't give tyre pressures for different sized tyres as some cars can have different sized tyres on them, for instance, the Ford Galaxy can have 4 different sized tyres on it and tyre pressures range etc ??

did you check the tyre sizes you have on now (on the tyre wall, will be sommit like 165/65 R16) against what your manual tyre size is that you've just read the pressure for ?

What year is your polo as most cars have the tyre pressures on the drivers door pillar or in the fuel filler door.
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Re: Car tyres
« Reply #8 on: July 28, 2009, 08:37:44 PM »
minimum on line is 30 front, 32 rear.
but if you get the model ie, 1.4cl 1994 i can find the exact pressure
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Re: Car tyres
« Reply #9 on: July 28, 2009, 08:40:55 PM »
23psi is for the airbed in the back. Bloody wimmin  :tt
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Re: Car tyres
« Reply #10 on: July 28, 2009, 08:57:21 PM »
oh ffs why is it so complicated!! :banghead
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Re: Car tyres
« Reply #11 on: July 28, 2009, 08:59:23 PM »
Your in safe hands rosie
Its 2.3 BAR not PSI
It works out abour 33psi :cool
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Re: Car tyres
« Reply #12 on: July 28, 2009, 09:00:15 PM »
ok this is what it says...


petrol engines 37-kw...winter tyres...2.3/2.6 front and 2.3/3.1 rear.
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Re: Car tyres
« Reply #13 on: July 28, 2009, 09:00:45 PM »
just stick them back to 36 and you'll be ok :tup2

and please do it quick, you dont need skidding & understeer in this weather :winkiss
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Re: Car tyres
« Reply #14 on: July 28, 2009, 09:01:19 PM »
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ok this is what it says...


petrol engines 37-kw...winter tyres...2.3/2.6 front and 2.3/3.1 rear.

Your reading BAR not PSI you duff nut !!

As admin said above  tup1
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