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03-09-2005, 04:39 PM
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from 30psi to 16????
My rear wheels were kept at 30psi, and I use an accutire gauge to check the pressure every week.
This week I notice the right rear tire has read 16 psi!! Thinking my accutire has gone south, I pull out the cheap manual tire gauge I got from autozone. 16PSI. I've since re-inflated it using my trusty compressor I keep in the trunk. But the rims show no dents, the tire seems to be fine, and it's not losing pressure now (I've been checking it every day). How did that happen??
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03-09-2005, 07:01 PM
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maybe the tire temporarily disconnected from the rim itself....hit any potholes or small tree branches, or anything? or, maybe there was a small leak in the tread of it, or the valve stem, but "fixed itself"...
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03-09-2005, 07:21 PM
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Is it cold where you live?
Is the car kept inside or outside? I1
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03-09-2005, 07:27 PM
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i think that he already answered that question in his first post....
 
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03-09-2005, 08:02 PM
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Got any "buds" with a good amount of car knowledge and recently became your enemy?
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03-09-2005, 08:35 PM
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Well to answer your questions, I live in Queens, NYC, which is not that cold. It did snow quite a bit (by our standards) over the last couple of weeks, and potholes have been popping up here and there. That may explain it.
Car is kept outside unfortunately. Our complex only has a parking lot. I don't have a house or garage. That's gonna change soon though.
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03-09-2005, 08:41 PM
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It is not an uncommon thing for a tire to go low in the winter.
If it warms up and moisture gets in the bead and freezes thus expanding the bead gap just enough to cause a slow leak. I1
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03-09-2005, 09:02 PM
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had to re-fill up my tires today as well....rears were about 20psi (normally run about 35)
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03-10-2005, 08:16 AM
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Had 2 slow leaks in my 2 passenger side tires on the 2k EX. Took it to ETD and they said alloy wheels often get microscopic oxidation on the bead lines which can break the seal and let air slowly escape.
I doubt that an '04 would oxidize this soon, but Inspector's comment does make a lot of sense. Anyway, ETD (in NJ) charged me $10 per tire to unmount the tire, sand the wheel, re-bead, and re-mount. Very reasonable, and both have been perfect ever since. 
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03-10-2005, 11:15 AM
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also remember at 10 degree drop in weather is a 1 psi drop in pressure.
case in mind on saturday we had 55 degree weather. on tuesday we had windchills of -10, or actual temps of 10. i checked my tire pressure and presto it was 5 psi lower.!! car wasnt driven anywhere.
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05-08-2005, 11:35 AM
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Well as it turns out there was a nail in the tire.
Carried it to a local tire shop and they fixed it.
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05-09-2005, 09:24 AM
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By the way, I'm now running 39/37.5Psi front/rear with no comfort issues. Maybe someday I'll work my way up to Excel's 50Psi
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06-11-2005, 09:26 AM
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