filling tyres with nitrogen

bobngo · Post by **bobngo** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 7:50 pm

i noticed on one of the posts , that someone said he/she had filled the tyres with nitrogen .

whats the benifit of doing this ?????

normal air is roughly 80% nitrigen already ???????

missfixit70 · Post by **missfixit70** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 7:52 pm

Here you go - http://www.theaa.com/motoring_advice/sa ... rogen.html - seems a bit overkill to me for a normal day to day car I must admit.

dandywarhol · Post by **dandywarhol** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 7:54 pm

Handy if you plan crossing a bridge designed for vehicles under 1780kg

Post by **Alison01326** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 7:55 pm

I asked the same question a while back http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... =3&t=39041 and got nothing but silly answers

missfixit70 · Post by **missfixit70** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 7:57 pm

Alison01326 wrote:I asked the same question a while back http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... =3&t=39041 and got nothing but silly answers

Silly answers? On this forum? surely not?

Post by **Alison01326** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 7:59 pm

Maybe I misinterpreted them, Kirsty

Of course there are no silly answers on here

Diplomat · Post by **Diplomat** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 9:35 pm

This discussion brings back memories of Hancock's Half Hour (on the radio, long before the TV series).

Somehow the lads had acquired a car and if I remember correctly the task of cleaning it went to Bill Kerr.

Hancock or, possibly, Sid James demanded that he put clean air in the tyres.

Anyone else remember such trivia?

Frank

HarryBongo · Post by **HarryBongo** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 10:07 pm

Costco (where my ahes are to be scattered) do this as standard.

N2 is inert.....and the main benefits are maintained pressure over time periods, removal of water vapour from the tyre................and less effect on alloy wheels. ................i think that O2 diffuses through the latex compound much easier than N2....don't planes use N2?

missfixit70 · Post by **missfixit70** » Wed Jun 30, 2010 10:12 pm

Worth reading the link i posted above?

helen&tony · Post by **helen&tony** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 3:56 am

Hi
And the upshot?????....they will start to charge for Nitrogen, and it will be a real benefit to most Bongo owners regularly flying above 22,000 feet, or in the Bongo's everyday racing guise as it battles with supercars on its way to pick the kids up from grannie's pad
Cheers
Helen

HarryBongo · Post by **HarryBongo** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 8:25 am

even asda charge for air now

dandywarhol · Post by **dandywarhol** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 10:22 am

ASDA will charge for the electricity to fire up the compressor and the purchase of the equipment - no such thing as "free air" Harry

bobngo · Post by **bobngo** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 12:54 pm

thanks missfixit , seems alot of hot air , bit like the MPs to me , overpriced ,over inflated, also expensive to maintain, and not sure if it does any good in the end !!!!

helen&tony · Post by **helen&tony** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 4:34 pm

Hi
But don't politicians make a lovely noise when you pull the stopper out and they deflate

Cheers
Helen

dp bradford · Post by **dp bradford** » Thu Jul 01, 2010 10:08 pm

dandywarhol wrote:ASDA will charge for the electricity to fire up the compressor and the purchase of the equipment - no such thing as "free air" Harry

I deal with a lot of compressed gases in my day job (amongst other things, medical gases in hospitals) compressed 'medical air' is slightly more expensive than medical grade oxygen

Dave

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