Tire Pressure Light
10-12-2005, 10:20 PM
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Tire Pressure Light
Driving home it popped on.
Less than 3k miles on the tires, I can't see any obvious deflation going on.
Temperature is 20 deg less than it was when i brought the car and it was last reset.
Could that be the issue, or should I be going to the wheel place on the way to work tomorrow morning ?
Less than 3k miles on the tires, I can't see any obvious deflation going on.
Temperature is 20 deg less than it was when i brought the car and it was last reset.
Could that be the issue, or should I be going to the wheel place on the way to work tomorrow morning ?
10-13-2005, 12:22 PM
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29f 32b I think is what's recommended.
No light this morning, so I'm postponing my trip to the wheel man.
Ideally if I go and I need a new tire, I need new rims first, which is a whole new battle.
No light this morning, so I'm postponing my trip to the wheel man.
Ideally if I go and I need a new tire, I need new rims first, which is a whole new battle.
10-17-2005, 07:06 PM
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I think if you run more that 32F and 29R the light comes on... even after you reset it.
I added a couple pounds (just a couple) to the front and rear, reset it, and it still comes on after about 5 miles of driving.
Any thoughts
I added a couple pounds (just a couple) to the front and rear, reset it, and it still comes on after about 5 miles of driving.
Any thoughts
10-17-2005, 11:35 PM
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well resetting the guage doesn't reset it to the stock psi
it guages it by reading how fast each tire is spinning.
if your overinflating the tire, itis reading that as normal
then maybe the tire is too full and letting the air out somehow
then your light comes on because the tires are not at what it started with.......
??????
it guages it by reading how fast each tire is spinning.
if your overinflating the tire, itis reading that as normal
then maybe the tire is too full and letting the air out somehow
then your light comes on because the tires are not at what it started with.......
??????
10-20-2005, 12:35 AM
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Recalibrateing the tire preasure sensers
Here is a little tid bit I ran across that has helped me.
Running on stock wheels with stock tires Mine came on and caused me to check my tires. They where all fine. I reset the indicator, but it came back on again.
Anyway the short story is it kept coming on even though nothing was wrong.
In researching the issue I discovered that if you clear the indicator, then press and hold the reset switch for 3 seconds the indicator will blink slowly three times. Once this is done the presure sensor will go in to learning mode to recalibrate itself for the next 60 miles or so. During the next 60 miles or so it will not work if one of your tires get low, but once the 60 miles are up and it has complete the recalibaration process it should be back to normal.
This worked for me.
Running on stock wheels with stock tires Mine came on and caused me to check my tires. They where all fine. I reset the indicator, but it came back on again.
Anyway the short story is it kept coming on even though nothing was wrong.
In researching the issue I discovered that if you clear the indicator, then press and hold the reset switch for 3 seconds the indicator will blink slowly three times. Once this is done the presure sensor will go in to learning mode to recalibrate itself for the next 60 miles or so. During the next 60 miles or so it will not work if one of your tires get low, but once the 60 miles are up and it has complete the recalibaration process it should be back to normal.
This worked for me.
10-20-2005, 12:59 AM
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Re: Recalibrateing the tire preasure sensers
Originally Posted by Blue_Lightning
Here is a little tid bit I ran across that has helped me.
Running on stock wheels with stock tires Mine came on and caused me to check my tires. They where all fine. I reset the indicator, but it came back on again.
Anyway the short story is it kept coming on even though nothing was wrong.
In researching the issue I discovered that if you clear the indicator, then press and hold the reset switch for 3 seconds the indicator will blink slowly three times. Once this is done the presure sensor will go in to learning mode to recalibrate itself for the next 60 miles or so. During the next 60 miles or so it will not work if one of your tires get low, but once the 60 miles are up and it has complete the recalibaration process it should be back to normal.
This worked for me.
Running on stock wheels with stock tires Mine came on and caused me to check my tires. They where all fine. I reset the indicator, but it came back on again.
Anyway the short story is it kept coming on even though nothing was wrong.
In researching the issue I discovered that if you clear the indicator, then press and hold the reset switch for 3 seconds the indicator will blink slowly three times. Once this is done the presure sensor will go in to learning mode to recalibrate itself for the next 60 miles or so. During the next 60 miles or so it will not work if one of your tires get low, but once the 60 miles are up and it has complete the recalibaration process it should be back to normal.
This worked for me.
10-20-2005, 12:33 PM
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tap...tap...tap....tap....tap....tap....tap....tap
That's the noise I heard yesterday driving home from work with the window down. So at teh next stop I jump out and feel round my tire and BINGO, nail head smack in the middle of the driver/rear the 'issue' tire. 100yards later is a tire shop, pull in $10, patch job, out less than 30 minutes later (20minutes of that was answering endless mechanics questions about the ride, and wether I thought they should sell their del sol's and buy a TC).
Thank you tire pressure monitor.
That's the noise I heard yesterday driving home from work with the window down. So at teh next stop I jump out and feel round my tire and BINGO, nail head smack in the middle of the driver/rear the 'issue' tire. 100yards later is a tire shop, pull in $10, patch job, out less than 30 minutes later (20minutes of that was answering endless mechanics questions about the ride, and wether I thought they should sell their del sol's and buy a TC).
Thank you tire pressure monitor.
10-22-2005, 03:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Limey
100yards later is a tire shop, pull in $10, patch job, out less than 30 minutes later
10-24-2005, 01:08 AM
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Depends on how they're done...
If you do it the "right" way, you dismount the tire from the rim. Patch the hole from the inside. Remount and rebalance.
This can not be free...honestly. Not unless you're a great customer of the shop and they know you well or you've bought tires from them with a warranty which will cover such repairs...
The "not-so" right way would be to pull out the nail and push in a fibrous "plug". Five minute job...cheap? Yes, but not always a reliable repair.
If you do it the "right" way, you dismount the tire from the rim. Patch the hole from the inside. Remount and rebalance.
This can not be free...honestly. Not unless you're a great customer of the shop and they know you well or you've bought tires from them with a warranty which will cover such repairs...
The "not-so" right way would be to pull out the nail and push in a fibrous "plug". Five minute job...cheap? Yes, but not always a reliable repair.
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