Nitrogen filled Tires??

[THEWELSHM]

My sons Audi has Nitrogen filled tires, anyone tried this with a 10? and if so what was the benefit? I am told the ride is better, and the handling is like an Angel crying on your tongue but I am looking for actual feedback?

thewelshm

 

[ntw0rk]

There are some that have done that.

One advantage that I am aware of is that Nitrogen doesn't expand and contract due to temperature changes, like Air (Oxygen) does.

And filling with Nitrogen is supposed to help keep your tires from dry-rotting.

 

[JRSVIPR]

There are some that have done that.

One advantage that I am aware of is that Nitrogen doesn't expand and contract due to temperature changes, like Air (Oxygen) does.

And filling with Nitrogen is supposed to help keep your tires from dry-rotting.

Yeah, But it only keeps the inside of the tire from dry rotting.

 

[GADodgetech]

Nitrogen is a friggin joke. Its for people that dont want to check their tire pressure every oil change. The only real benefit it provides is it doenst change with temperature. If you check your tire pressures regulary like you should its just as good as nitrogen.

 

[THEWELSHM]

Nitrogen is a friggin joke. Its for people that dont want to check their tire pressure every oil change. The only real benefit it provides is it doenst change with temperature. If you check your tire pressures regulary like you should its just as good as nitrogen.

Not having to check the pressure may be a benefit though?:dontknow:

thewelshm

 

[ShaneKennett]

ya there isnt much of an advantage. it doesn't leak out out.

 

[FATJACK]

Nitrogen will not affect the ride or handling at all, considering you keep your tires at proper psi.

 

[GADodgetech]

Not having to check the pressure may be a benefit though?:dontknow:

thewelshm

Lets weigh the cost here

$40 bucks for nitrogen fill that has to be refilled every 3 months OR


$0 for free air that has to be checked every month








Tough decision

 

[dragon]

i will stick with good ol fashion air. we looked into it at our dealership but did not see the benifit to the customer other then pay us to fill your tires.

 

[GADodgetech]

i will stick with good ol fashion air. we looked into it at our dealership but did not see the benifit to the customer other then pay us to fill your tires.

My service manager about shit himself when he saw how expensive the machine was.:argh:

 

[HV SRT]

There are some that have done that.

One advantage that I am aware of is that Nitrogen doesn't expand and contract due to temperature changes, like Air (Oxygen) does.

And filling with Nitrogen is supposed to help keep your tires from dry-rotting.

Has anybody had tires on a 10 long enough for them to dry rott ?

 

[JRSVIPR]

Has anybody had tires on a 10 long enough for them to dry rott ?

Good point.:rock: :rock: :rock: :rock: :rock: :rock: :rock:

 

[TNVIPER]

Nitrogen makes great fertilizer.......so does cow manure....apply this to the concept of putting nitrogen in your tires....

 

[EMT/SRT]

Exactly! Raisin the flag! :bs:

 

[Chuck B]

Nitrogen results in less water vapor thus pressures tend to stay consistent. Less prone to pressure loss as nitrogen atom is larger than O2. Always funny to read the claims some of these vendors advertise with nitrogen.

I have my own nitrogen station as I rebuild shocks. BTW...any welding supply store can set you up with nitrogen for a couple hundred dollars. My small bottle could easily fill 8 of our tires and refill cost (bottle exchange actually) is about $10.

 

[Voodoo]

I have my own nitrogen station as I rebuild shocks.

take it u rebuild bypass shocks??

 

[RedSrt007]

I have nitrogen filled tires on the jeep, the tire constancy is night and day (I have the tire pressure monitoring system). Before the tires would fluctuate +-6 lbs from a cold start to a freeway drive. Now they ALL (4) consistently increase together +-3 lbs.

Would I pay for it? Nah.... I got it free so I gave it a shot.

 

[WOT]

OK, I can't take it anymore: Just to clear the air (so to speak).

Air is roughly 80% nitrogen and 20% oxygen (It is actually 79% Nitrogen, 19% oxygen, and about 2% everything else: CO2, neon, argon, etc). Pure nitrogen expands with temperature almost exactly at the same rate as air. Both fairly acurately follow the ideal gas law equation PV=nRT.

So, yes nitrogen expands with temperature, just as regular air does and at almost exactly the same rate.

The main thing that makes air tend to vary more than pure nitrogen is that typically the compressor used to fill up your tires has some water vapor trapped in the tank and gets put into your tires. The same thing happens when you use your own little 12V compressor plugged into your lighter outlet. If the humidity is 80% outside when running your compressor, that's what gets put into your tires, air at 80% relative humidity (which is only a few percentace points or so of water vapor). But, a little bit of water vapor can make the tire pressure vary much more with temperature.

Nitrogen dispensed out of cylilnders typically is very dry, so it tends to not add any water vapor into your tires. However, you could achieve the exact same thing by putting a desicant chamber on your air hose from your compressor to remove the water before it enters the tires. Inline desicant chambers are used for paint spraying setups where water vapor would have a negative impact on things like an automotive finish being sprayed by a paint gun. I have a desicant chamber on my home compressor. I think it was around $30

The other advantage that dry nitrogen has is that it will not oxidize the rubber, since it contains no oxygen. However, this is kind of a mute point since the outside of the tires are sitting in regular air....

The whole nitrogen thing is somewhat of a scam. If the service station would just use an inline drier, we would be all set.

 

[GriffsSRT]

There are some that have done that.

One advantage that I am aware of is that Nitrogen doesn't expand and contract due to temperature changes, like Air (Oxygen) does.

And filling with Nitrogen is supposed to help keep your tires from dry-rotting.

Ditto. I had it done when I got the Nitto's.

 

[Scrambler1]

I have my trailer tires filled with nitrogen. I no longer have issues with slow pressure loss after the trailer sits for extended periods of time. Haven't been doing this long enough to be able to tell if it helps with dry rot or not. From my experience it's worth it on the trailers and maybe a toy car that only gets driven once every few weeks, not worth it on a daily driver.