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Nitrogen For Your Tires!

A well-liked joke in the 1960s at full service gas stations was'filler up with Ethel and change the air in my tires.' Today with the price of petrol approaching $3.00 per gallon, why not replace the air in your tires. Not with air but with nitrogen. Filling your tires with nitrogen rather than air will improve gas mileage, help maintain correct tire pressure, keep tires 25% cooler, improve handling and performance and lengthens the life of your tires. NASCAR drivers use nitrogen in their tires for safety reasons, you can too.

Why should you stop putting air in your tires! Compressed air you find at tire shops, gas stations and the compressor you use at home have a high concentrations of water vapor. Compressing air concentrates the water in it and unless really efficient air dryers are used probabilities are there's water vapors in your tires. Water vapor absorbs and holds heat. This wet air plus heat can increase the pressure in your tires, causing road blow outs, and is one of the explanation why you should check your tire pressure when they're cold.

This article isn't about the nitrogen. It's really about reducing oxygen and water vapor in your tires. The air in our tires is made of 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen and about 1 percent water vapor and other gases. When pure dry nitrogen is used to replace the air in your tires it improves fuel potency, handling and it will extend the life of steel edges or custom wheels and tires. By reducing oxygen and water vapor in your tires from 22% to less than 7%, your tires will maintain pressure 3 to four times longer. Plus it'll keep you safer on the road.

How does oxygen and water damage my edges and tires? Oxygen, especially at high temperatures and pressures, corrodes aluminum, steel wheels and rubber. This process is named oxidation. When oxidization occurs small particles of rust and aluminum oxidation in your steel or aluminum wheels can clog valve stems, causing them to leak. The oxidization can cause the surfaces of your wheel flange and tire beads not to seal properly causing another leak point.

Oxygen can also age the thin layer of rubber called the inner liner or radial ply. As the inner liner ages, more air migrates through the rubber, causing extra pressure losses. As oxygen migrates through rubber it can come in contact with steel belts and the steel bead forcing them to rust.

While both nitrogen and oxygen can migrate thru rubber, nitrogen does it much slower. It'd take half a year to lose 2 pounds of nitrogen, compared to less than a month with wet compressed air. Dry nitrogen does not cause rust and corrosion on steel rims or aluminum custom wheels, and it does not degrade rubber like wet compressed air.

Where can I get nitrogen for my tires? Nitrogen is becoming very popular with long haul trucking. Some truck stops have nitrogen available for these big rigs either free or by paying a little fee. They use the same type pay stations that you see at gas stations except they are marked'Nitrogen'. These nitrogen stations are then connected to enormous nitrogen cylinders near by.

you can also get your own little cheap Nitrogen Tanks and have them filled at welding supply stores in your area. Another source for little nitrogen tanks is Paint Ball supply stores either local or on the internet. EBay is an excellent source. These small nitrogen tanks can be filled at welding supply stores and then simply plumbed to fill your tires. Be careful when handling these little nitrogen tanks as they can be filled to as much as 3k psi. Also ensure the nitrogen tank you buy has a regulator attached and it is set for about fifty psi.

Filling your own new tires with nitrogen is a simple process. Jack up one tire till it just clears the ground, remove the tire valve stem and permit the air in your tires to escape. Once all of the air escapes install a new valve stem. Then simply fill your tires with nitrogen from your small nitrogen tank. Repeat the process with the other 3 tires. Do not forget your spare! Your tires should now have about 95% dry nitrogen and you have significantly reduced all the dangers and oxidation Problems discussed above.

If you own a tire store and want to provide nitrogen for your customers buy an Ingersoll Rand Nitrogen Tire Inflation System.
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