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Tyre pressure

  • 21-10-2024 09:30AM
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,461 ✭✭✭✭


    What psi would you out in 195/65/r15 tyres?



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,384 ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    depends on the car and its weight…

    what does the door card say? (usually lists recommended tyre pressures)



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,461 ✭✭✭✭pgj2015


    3.4 bar but the tyres are supposed to be 205/65/r15



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 21,548 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    3.4 bar is very high, that's around 50psi! Are you sure it's not 2.4?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,719 ✭✭✭✭User1998


    If in doubt anything between 30 PSI and 40 PSI will be fine



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,328 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    what car is it?



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,461 ✭✭✭✭pgj2015


    actually yes, I says 2.4 bar.

    I usually put 34 psi in but the tyres were wearing on the outside so was told my a mechanic to put 40 psi.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,261 ✭✭✭sundodger5


    Why did you change the tyre size? Tyres also have a load rating and changing the size would possibly lower what that load rating is pkus the changes to how your speedometer reads. Plus upping the tyre pressure will not fix wear if it is one side of the tyre



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,461 ✭✭✭✭pgj2015


    The tyre guy I bought tyres from said the ones on it were too wide and there was no need to have tyres that wide.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,596 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    GDY151


    What tyre sizes originally came on the car when new? Usually inside the fuel door, glovebox or drivers door pillar there will be a sticker indicating the sizes of tyre that the car came with and recommended pressures.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,368 ✭✭✭kirving


    What car is it?

    A 330e with a full boot at 5 passengers is supposed to have up to 51psi.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,461 ✭✭✭✭pgj2015




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,461 ✭✭✭✭pgj2015




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,998 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    Sounds Like the tyre man wanted to sell what he had to hand.

    They are only one step smaller but it will effect your speedo but not by alot.

    2.4 bar is somewhere between 34 to 35 psi.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,461 ✭✭✭✭pgj2015


    He said the wider tyres were more expensive. ah its hard to know who to listen to, the mechanic said to put 40 psi in.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 810 ✭✭✭SVI40


    Listen to what the manufacturer says goes on the car. They have better idea than you tyre man.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,261 ✭✭✭sundodger5


    Worked in tyres for years. Used to come across this often enough. Usually a case of selling what he had in stock rather than losing the sale.

    Pay heed to the load indice as well, i would be a bit less concerned if the 195s have the same load indice as the original 205s.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,759 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    Your speedometer will now read just 2% over your real speed, whereas on the original size it would be a higher margin.

    Just be aware that you can't drive at an indicated 130 and assume you're only really doing 120 anymore!

    Now, an indicated 123-124 wil mean you are doing 120 actual.

    See

    Not your ornery onager



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,461 ✭✭✭✭pgj2015


    Maybe I should go back to 205s? even though i have been driving on the 195s for years and never got a speeding ticket.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,998 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    They have fitted a smaller rolling radius tyre so for any indicated dash speed, they will be moving slower than they originally were.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,759 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager




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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,998 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    You are not interpreting it correctly.

    It assumes original reading is exactly right so on the original tyre, they assume 100km per hour dash display is 100 km per hour actual speed. The revised smaller radius tyre results in 100 km per hour dash display being a slower actual speed.

    If.the dash over read to start with, you.would have the situation for example of 110kmh display being a true 100 originally. Now being on smaller tyre 110kmh display becomes a true 98.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,759 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    I understand, thanks.

    Good site all the same (if you can interpret it correctly)! 😀

    Not your ornery onager



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,719 ✭✭✭✭User1998


    Just use Google Maps/Waze and compare it to your speedometer



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 257 ✭✭Stephenc66


    A quick Googe appears to show a 195/65 R15 as being an option on a Peugeot Partner and 2.4bar/34psi being the correct tire pressure.

    A rule of thumb is if the tires are wearing both the outside edges excessively, they are under inflated if they are wearing the centre excessively, they are over inflated.

    It appears from what you say the mechanic is suggestion they are underinflated hence the suggestion to go to 40psi which appears a big jump.

    If it were me I’d set the tire pressures when the tires are cold and keep increasing by 2psi until there is a change in tire wear pattern. Remembering over or under inflated tires can cause handling problems especially under heavy braking.

    From my own experience as an example, similar but different my VW Touareg eats the centre out of tires at factory settings but re-setting them to factory settings when hot has cured this and the pressure is lower now when cold and it is these pressures I set the tires to when cold.

    In the case of a tire wearing on one side of a tire more than the other it usually points to badly aligned steering or suspension geometry. If this is happening with you then maybe your car needs a four-wheel alignment.

    Hope this helps



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 227 ✭✭Dex Dexta


    Use the “4 psi rule-of-thumb”. Tyres should rise by 4psi from cold to hot. Stick 33psi in them cold, go for a spirted drive to get tyres hot, then measure. If the rise is less than 4 add air - if greater than 4 then deflate.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,461 ✭✭✭✭pgj2015


    I was putting 34 psi in the tyres. it was the 2 left tyres that wore on the outside. I got the tracking done a few months ago (seems like only a few months ago) will check for the receipt. I will get the mechanic to put it up on the lift to see if there is any suspension parts broke.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,998 ✭✭✭✭mickdw


    2 left side tyres wearing on 1 side is down to more than pressures.

    The rear axles give bother on those resulting in uneven rear tyre wear



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,461 ✭✭✭✭pgj2015


    Should I go back to 34 psi?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,890 ✭✭✭Gooser14


    Do you rotate the tyres at set intervals. I rotate mine every 10000 km & end up with very even wear.



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