| A well-liked joke in the 1960s at full service gas | | | | pressure losses. As oxygen migrates through rubber |
| stations was'filler up with Ethel and change the air in | | | | it can come in contact with steel belts and the steel |
| my tires.' Today with the price of petrol approaching | | | | bead forcing them to rust. |
| $3.00 per gallon, why not replace the air in your tires. | | | | While both nitrogen and oxygen can migrate thru |
| Not with air but with nitrogen. Filling your tires with | | | | rubber, nitrogen does it much slower. It'd take half a |
| nitrogen rather than air will improve gas mileage, help | | | | year to lose 2 pounds of nitrogen, compared to less |
| maintain correct tire pressure, keep tires 25% cooler, | | | | than a month with wet compressed air. Dry nitrogen |
| improve handling and performance and lengthens the | | | | does not cause rust and corrosion on steel rims or |
| life of your tires. NASCAR drivers use nitrogen in | | | | aluminum custom wheels, and it does not degrade |
| their tires for safety reasons, you can too. | | | | rubber like wet compressed air. |
| Why should you stop putting air in your tires! | | | | Where can I get nitrogen for my tires? Nitrogen is |
| Compressed air you find at tire shops, gas stations | | | | becoming very popular with long haul trucking. Some |
| and the compressor you use at home have a high | | | | truck stops have nitrogen available for these big rigs |
| concentrations of water vapor. Compressing air | | | | either free or by paying a little fee. They use the |
| concentrates the water in it and unless really efficient | | | | same type pay stations that you see at gas stations |
| air dryers are used probabilities are there's water | | | | except they are marked'Nitrogen'. These nitrogen |
| vapors in your tires. Water vapor absorbs and holds | | | | stations are then connected to enormous nitrogen |
| heat. This wet air plus heat can increase the pressure | | | | cylinders near by.you can also get your own little |
| in your tires, causing road blow outs, and is one of | | | | cheap Nitrogen Tanks and have them filled at welding |
| the explanation why you should check your tire | | | | supply stores in your area. Another source for little |
| pressure when they're cold. | | | | nitrogen tanks is Paint Ball supply stores either local or |
| This article isn't about the nitrogen. It's really about | | | | on the internet. EBay is an excellent source. These |
| reducing oxygen and water vapor in your tires. The | | | | small nitrogen tanks can be filled at welding supply |
| air in our tires is made of 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen | | | | stores and then simply plumbed to fill your tires. Be |
| and about 1 percent water vapor and other gases. | | | | careful when handling these little nitrogen tanks as |
| When pure dry nitrogen is used to replace the air in | | | | they can be filled to as much as 3k psi. Also ensure |
| your tires it improves fuel potency, handling and it will | | | | the nitrogen tank you buy has a regulator attached |
| extend the life of steel edges or custom wheels and | | | | and it is set for about fifty psi. |
| tires. By reducing oxygen and water vapor in your | | | | Filling your own new tires with nitrogen is a simple |
| tires from 22% to less than 7%, your tires will | | | | process. Jack up one tire till it just clears the ground, |
| maintain pressure 3 to four times longer. Plus it'll keep | | | | remove the tire valve stem and permit the air in your |
| you safer on the road. | | | | tires to escape. Once all of the air escapes install a |
| How does oxygen and water damage my edges and | | | | new valve stem. Then simply fill your tires with |
| tires? Oxygen, especially at high temperatures and | | | | nitrogen from your small nitrogen tank. Repeat the |
| pressures, corrodes aluminum, steel wheels and | | | | process with the other 3 tires. Do not forget your |
| rubber. This process is named oxidation. When | | | | spare! Your tires should now have about 95% dry |
| oxidization occurs small particles of rust and aluminum | | | | nitrogen and you have significantly reduced all the |
| oxidation in your steel or aluminum wheels can clog | | | | dangers and oxidation Problems discussed above. |
| valve stems, causing them to leak. The oxidization | | | | If you own a tire store and want to provide nitrogen |
| can cause the surfaces of your wheel flange and tire | | | | for your customers buy an Ingersoll Rand Nitrogen |
| beads not to seal properly causing another leak point. | | | | Tire Inflation System. |
| Oxygen can also age the thin layer of rubber called | | | | Ingersoll Rand Air Compressor Nitrogen For Your |
| the inner liner or radial ply. As the inner liner ages, | | | | Tires! |
| more air migrates through the rubber, causing extra | | | | . |