Talk of The Villages Florida - View Single Post - Tire Air Pressure
View Single Post
 
Old 09-08-2014, 12:59 PM
tuccillo tuccillo is offline
Soaring Eagle member
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 2,101
Thanks: 4
Thanked 411 Times in 218 Posts
Default

There may be something else going on. Regular, old air is 78% nitrogen. I have added air to tires originally filled with (presumably) 100% nitrogen and not had any issues.

Quote:
Originally Posted by zcaveman View Post
Do you have the green caps on your tires? I was told that the green caps mean that you have nitrogen in your tires. If you offset them with air from a gas station, it mixes with the nitrogen and causes problems.

My first Hyundai had the green caps and I added air when the light came on and kept having problems. At service the told he about mixing the air. My new Hyundai has plain caps and I have not had a problem.

Z