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checking tyre presure

  • 17-11-2010 05:30PM
    #1
    CandleLight
    Closed Accounts Posts: 101 ✭✭CandleLight


    would this or something like it around same price be easy to use to check tyre pressure? i am useless with the forecourt ones. Had a manual one too but could not make anything of it. Any recommendations appreciated


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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Here you go, one for free to see do you like them sort of ones

    http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056086462


  • #3
    Anan1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    OP - I'd be inclined to learn (or have someone show you) how to use one. They all work on the same principle, if you can use one you can use them all.


  • #4
    CandleLight
    Closed Accounts Posts: 101 ✭✭CandleLight


    RoverJames wrote: »
    Here you go, one for free to see do you like them sort of ones

    http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056086462
    offer is over thanks anyway


  • #5
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    CandleLight wrote: »
    offer is over thanks anyway

    Ooops, sorry. I ordered one, if it turns up I can send it on to you, I'll never use it to be honest :)


  • #6
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,219 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Topaz Headford Rd has one where you first manually enter the pressure into the box, then you take the hose and just hold it against the valve until box beeps three times. Pretty foolproof.
    If you don't know what pressure your car should take, post here or just go for 30 all round.


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  • #7
    CandleLight
    Closed Accounts Posts: 101 ✭✭CandleLight


    biko wrote: »
    Topaz Headford Rd has one where you first manually enter the pressure into the box, then you take the hose and just hold it against the valve until box beeps three times. Pretty foolproof.
    If you don't know what pressure your car should take, post here or just go for 30 all round.
    they have that at tesco too. actually when i was tnere today i did not know correct pressure but do now as have checked manual so I can do it at tesco tomorrow i guess. Thanks
    Pretty foolproof
    .you don't know me biggrin.gif


  • #8
    mathepac
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,991 ✭✭✭mathepac


    CandleLight wrote: »
    ... but do now as have checked manual ...
    Depending on the car you drive, there'll be a label inside the fuel filler flap or on the driver's door pillar with the info you need.


  • #9
    sentient_6
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,777 ✭✭✭sentient_6


    Some good info here, especially about only checking them cold.

    http://www.michelinman.com/tire-care/tire-saving-tips/air-pressure-tips/


  • #10
    CandleLight
    Closed Accounts Posts: 101 ✭✭CandleLight


    sentient_6 wrote: »
    Some good info here, especially about only checking them cold.

    http://www.michelinman.com/tire-care/tire-saving-tips/air-pressure-tips/
    another reason i wanted a guage


  • #11
    BostonB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,056 ✭✭✭✭BostonB


    Theres an awful lot of garages/petrol stations with broken air hoses and pressure gauges. So I have to assume that the majority of people simply don't check their tyres at all, and leave it to the service.


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  • #12
    Anabelle Thankful Fig
    Posts: 0 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Anabelle Thankful Fig


    I can use the ones where there is a little box on the hose showing the pressure, and you just pump a little if you want to inflate. Simple enough.
    But there is one in kilcock for example with no box, no pump, I have no effing idea how it works :confused: I poked some of the machine buttons but couldn't figure it out!

    I ordered one of the free ones anyway...


  • #13
    CandleLight
    Closed Accounts Posts: 101 ✭✭CandleLight


    BostonB wrote: »
    Theres an awful lot of garages/petrol stations with broken air hoses and pressure gauges.
    I find that too and never sureif it is me or hose or both, probably both a lot of times


  • #14
    BostonB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,056 ✭✭✭✭BostonB


    I picked up a small air compressor from lidl that handy for pumping the tyres at home. Has a gauge on it. One of the VW's in the family comes with something similar. You'd need it these days since its getting harder to find a working one in a garage.


  • #15
    CandleLight
    Closed Accounts Posts: 101 ✭✭CandleLight


    I saw a digital one in tesco for just under 6 euro


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