tpacalipse:
I do 40 psi all round and I think its ok.

DjAndroid:
This thread was opened in 2012.
That's it with mods. They will only be looking for Tonto dike, mercy Johnson and Tiwa savage to push to Frontpage, leaving educative posts like this one.

After 5 years, it has made Frontpage.

ukay2:
I just checked my toyota corrola 2007 model....recommended COLD TYRE PRESSUE is 30PSI for both front and back tyres......mine is currently at 40Psi in the four tyres.....what is the recmmended psi pressur for HOT TYRE PRESURE like nigeria.....please advise me on what to do since we are in hot whether condition.....thanks

ukay2:


Please I need answer... Thanks

ukay2:


Please I need answer... Thanks

nwokoyepraise:

40 psi is way too high.
With tyre pressures, the correct inflation pressures are those set by the automobile manufacturer - not the maximum pressure the tyre manufacturer states the tyre will take safely (as shown on the sidewall).
There's a common misconception, that the bigger the tyre, the more pressures they always need. All things being equal, this is true. But there are too many variables, so it doesn't work that way. An example is a 195/55x15 tyre on a 2004 Honda Civic, Honda recommends 32 psi. Then compare to a 265/70x16 on a 2002 Mitsubishi Shogun / Pajero, which Mitsubishi recommend 26 psi. Then go to an average sportbike, this pressures go up to 57 psi.
When your life is concerned you can't guess tyre pressures for long-distance, high-speed driving, and "think it is okay." ALWAYS glo by your particular automobile manufacturer's RECOMMENDED settings. Even if the pressures recommended "appear low" and the tyre looks "low", don't be tempted to increase it. Tyre pressures are determined by the weight of the automobile, the suspension settings as well as the performance the engine offers. So just because a 205/55x16 tyre on a 2009 Toyota Camry has a recommended pressure of 32 psi, does not mean the same size tyre ona 2005 Audi A4 Quattro will be the same.
Following the automobile manufacturer's recommendations can save lives, second guessing on the other hand could have catastrophic results.
The recommended tyre pressures for your particular automobile can be found in different places:
* Owner's Manual.
* Inside fuel filler flap.
* Inside driver's door shut area.
* In engine compartment on data sticker.
* In luggage compartment on data sticker.
* In glovebox on data sticker.
* Behind driver's side sun visor (common on japanese SUV's).
* Online!
When checking online, make sure you know your engine size, and you have your tyre size to hand. As the pressures for a Honda Civic 1,4 LS and a 2,0 V-Tec WILL be different, even if the tyres are the same. Auto and manual cars with the same engine AND tyre size will also have different tyre pressures (at the front, at least on FWD cars) as the auto trans adds approx. 20 - 55 kilos extra weight.

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Emeka71:
I thought all that pressure reading doesn't matter, just pump the tyre until you feel the tyre is okay.

Uche000:
Hian! All these tin wey una dey talk for here ehn! Well, it's actually enlightening. Pls listen to what I have to say. I'm presently in Ogbomoso, and I have a vulganizer just beside my dad's shop, when I saw people's posts here, I went up straight to him and first asked him, "egbon, wetin b psi?", he replied saying it is the air pressure in a tyre. OK o. Then I asked again, just now now, make una sabi d kind wahala wey we dey for naija, "egbon, Ppl dey talk sey na 32psi or 34 sef dey okay for all dis small cars". Dont b shocked at his reply. He told me "dem sey write d amount of psi in d tyre, but bcus sey dem own road good, na why dey dey put 32psi, but naija road too bad with too much gallop, we dey pump like 50psi, make d tyre strong well for d gallop". Chukwu!! God help us o, we wey no get car

austin4real:
Mine has 60psi in both front and baq.. Its an acura MDX. Is dat waay too high

meetchandus:


I always set mine at 35psi which is good for the shocks.I use the same car and be sure to verify that it is really set at 35psi from a good tyre fitting outlet eg Total fuel station,Onigbongbo,Maryland

Please ignore the road side vulcaniser hand gauge as most of them have gauges that give wrong readings most times, they are always over inflated.

There has been instances I tell the vulcanisers to inflate to 35psi and afterwards,I check with my personal gauge only to see it was at 50psi.

All the best bro...

This is what I got on my car door side, can you translate it for me pls

40 psi is way too high.

With tyre pressures, the correct inflation pressures are those set by the automobile manufacturer - not the maximum pressure the tyre manufacturer states the tyre will take safely (as shown on the sidewall).

There's a common misconception, that the bigger the tyre, the more pressures they always need. All things being equal, this is true. But there are too many variables, so it doesn't work that way. An example is a 195/55x15 tyre on a 2004 Honda Civic, Honda recommends 32 psi. Then compare to a 265/70x16 on a 2002 Mitsubishi Shogun / Pajero, which Mitsubishi recommend 26 psi. Then go to an average sportbike, this pressures go up to 57 psi.

When your life is concerned you can't guess tyre pressures for long-distance, high-speed driving, and "think it is okay." ALWAYS glo by your particular automobile manufacturer's RECOMMENDED settings. Even if the pressures recommended "appear low" and the tyre looks "low", don't be tempted to increase it. Tyre pressures are determined by the weight of the automobile, the suspension settings as well as the performance the engine offers. So just because a 205/55x16 tyre on a 2009 Toyota Camry has a recommended pressure of 32 psi, does not mean the same size tyre ona 2005 Audi A4 Quattro will be the same.

Following the automobile manufacturer's recommendations can save lives, second guessing on the other hand could have catastrophic results.

The recommended tyre pressures for your particular automobile can be found in different places:

* Owner's Manual.
* Inside fuel filler flap.
* Inside driver's door shut area.
* In engine compartment on data sticker.
* In luggage compartment on data sticker.
* In glovebox on data sticker.
* Behind driver's side sun visor (common on japanese SUV's).
* Online!

When checking online, make sure you know your engine size, and you have your tyre size to hand. As the pressures for a Honda Civic 1,4 LS and a 2,0 V-Tec WILL be different, even if the tyres are the same. Auto and manual cars with the same engine AND tyre size will also have different tyre pressures (at the front, at least on FWD cars) as the auto trans adds approx. 20 - 55 kilos extra weight.

judgedredd22:


the size and pressure for your car tyres are always on a sticker by the the driver side door frame. All you need to know for any model of car is on that sticker

TEYA:
BluStreak come and see your 2012 thread making front page in 2017. I am sure you waited all these years for a solution to that problem yet no moderator deemed it fit to move this to fp. If you had gone to the university to study tire inflation engineering, you would have graduated with a B.eng by now.

ukay2:
I just checked my toyota corrola 2007 model....recommended COLD TYRE PRESSUE is 30PSI for both front and back tyres......mine is currently at 40Psi in the four tyres.....what is the recmmended psi pressur for HOT TYRE PRESURE like nigeria.....please advise me on what to do since we are in hot whether condition.....thanks

BluStreak:


Pls go with 30psi since it's recommended for cold drive. When the temp goes up, the pressure will peak since increase in temperature increases pressure.

Temperature and pressure are directly proportional.