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Replying to: sandman46 (Jul 16, 2007 5:34 pm) My understanding is that nitrogen is more stable than air which means you don't need to worry about the tires losing air pressure. However, if you ever did need to add/replace the nitrogen I don't know what that involves. |
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Had it done this afternoon, so time will tell. They put on these chrome like valve stem covers with the word "nitrofill" on them. The Sandman 
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Actually, I'm doing the experiment on my car and a bicycle. Have a frind who runs a tire shop/garage, and we both got curious. Since I track my mileage closely, he firgured I would be a good test. I don't really think the nitrogen has a direct affect on mileage performance. By that I mean that there's no difference in mileage between my car with properly inflated tires using air and properly inflated tires using nitorgen. The fact that the tires are supposed to lose pressure slower when filled with pure nitrogen would yield less of a decrease in mileage for someone who doesn't pay too close attention to their tire pressures. But as I do pay attention, I'm not expecting any "gain" in mileage performance. Just as an observation, we did my bike simply because bike tires do tend to lose pressure over shorter amounts of time, and so far I'd have to say they seem to be holding pressure a bit better. Hard to quantify though. |
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Replying to: tomkozski (Jul 17, 2007 1:01 pm) 
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Replying to: bricknord (May 22, 2007 11:50 am) |
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Replying to: mazdrvr (Jul 20, 2007 12:35 pm) |
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Replying to: bigfur (Jul 22, 2007 10:23 am) |
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Replying to: bigfur (Jul 22, 2007 10:23 am) No, I haven't noticed (06 MZ3s touring manual)
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Replying to: mrblonde49 (Jul 23, 2007 6:42 am) |
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Replying to: bigfur (Jul 22, 2007 10:23 am) You can feel it when the AC goes on in our Accord and Ranger. And then on some cars you have the condenser fan kicking on putting a load on the alternator. AC is a load on a 4 banger.... I don't run mine a lot on my daily grind. Work for mpg,, yeah know. psy |
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