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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: mcmaddy on 02 December 2014, 17:18

Title: Tyre Pressures
Post by: mcmaddy on 02 December 2014, 17:18
Do people adjust tyre pressures for a drop in temperature?
Title: Re: Tyre Pressures
Post by: itavaltalainen on 02 December 2014, 19:10
no.... just check as normal every other week or so...
Title: Re: Tyre Pressures
Post by: mcmaddy on 03 December 2014, 07:29
I check mine every week but if it's 1 degrees today and you set your tyres correctly and then it warns up to 10 degrees tomorrow your pressures are way over from the increase in temperature.
Title: Re: Tyre Pressures
Post by: corgi on 03 December 2014, 08:40
That change of temperature would result in a difference of less than 4%... so not really "way over"

Just check them regularly, as normal.
Title: Re: Tyre Pressures
Post by: mcmaddy on 03 December 2014, 08:55
Funny how 36psi all round at 2 degrees relates to approx 38-39psi at 10 degrees which to me is easy over!
Title: Re: Tyre Pressures
Post by: corgi on 03 December 2014, 12:15
If you do the maths... the difference is less than 4%... what were you using to measure the pressure each time?

The difference can be calculated using elementary A-Level Chenistry or Physics...

The temperature difference in absolute terms is small 274K to 283K...
Title: Re: Tyre Pressures
Post by: Jammy1 on 03 December 2014, 12:35
The difference can be calculated using elementary A-Level Chenistry or Physics...

...but not A level English.  Sorry, I couldn't resist :evil:  :wink:

I'm naughty and only check every month.  In my opinion as long as you don't keep the same pressures in the height of summer as you do in the depths of winter there isn't going to be that much fluctuation during a week/month for a road car.
Title: Re: Tyre Pressures
Post by: fredgroves on 03 December 2014, 14:28
(stupid question time)

Won't actually driving change the temperature of the tyre anyway and change the resultant pressure anyway? Maybe only a few percentage points, but roughly the same amount you are debating here?

(/stupid question time)
Title: Re: Tyre Pressures
Post by: mullermn on 03 December 2014, 14:48
This is the logic underlying the use of nitrogen for filling tyres, isn't  it?

Is the TPMS system any good for this type of monitoring, or is it really necessary to manually check that frequently too?
Title: Re: Tyre Pressures
Post by: fredgroves on 03 December 2014, 15:40
TPMS should work, but I have no idea what sort of sensitivity it has (eg can it detect 1 psi difference or only 10 psi - not that it will be a "psi test" it will be a percentage turning speed difference that might equate to a psi figure)

Anyone had any experience of manually checking, finding small differences and not seeing TPMS b!tching?
Title: Re: Tyre Pressures
Post by: corgi on 03 December 2014, 17:18
(stupid question time)

Won't actually driving change the temperature of the tyre anyway and change the resultant pressure anyway? Maybe only a few percentage points, but roughly the same amount you are debating here?

(/stupid question time)

Not stupid at all...

Yes, as the tyre heats up the pressure will rise... for a given (fixed) volume the pressure will rise in proportion to the rise in (absolute) temperature... The temperature increases owing to energy exerted on the tyre, most of the temperature increase come from sidewall flex...
Title: Re: Tyre Pressures
Post by: corgi on 03 December 2014, 17:20
This is the logic underlying the use of nitrogen for filling tyres, isn't  it?

Allegedly, although air is approx 75% nitrogen... the main issue with air is water vapour...
Title: Re: Tyre Pressures
Post by: fredgroves on 03 December 2014, 17:26
(stupid question time)

Won't actually driving change the temperature of the tyre anyway and change the resultant pressure anyway? Maybe only a few percentage points, but roughly the same amount you are debating here?

(/stupid question time)

Not stupid at all...

Yes, as the tyre heats up the pressure will rise... for a given (fixed) volume the pressure will rise in proportion to the rise in (absolute) temperature... The temperature increases owing to energy exerted on the tyre, most of the temperature increase come from sidewall flex...

So given two different ambient starting temperatures (and the vehicle having been left over night) say 10 degrees and 20 degrees you would expect to see two different tyre pressure readings even if previously they had been filled the same and you hadn't lost any air?

If you then went out and thrashed around, would the tyres actually get to the same temperature anyway and therefore wouldn't the effective pressure and the resultant contact patch (which is what we are trying to achieve) be the same (roughly)??

Title: Re: Tyre Pressures
Post by: mcmaddy on 03 December 2014, 20:20
Tpms doesn't work on our cars like the electronic tpms. If all 4 tyres either lose roughly the same psi or gain roughly the same psi through temperature or driving it won't tell you on the MFD. It only checks through the abs sensor the rotational speed of the tyres. Useless unless it's for punctures which is what it's really designed for  :grin:
Title: Re: Tyre Pressures
Post by: itavaltalainen on 03 December 2014, 20:30
You have more fluctuation in tyre (and air in tyre) temperature from driving than a mere 10 degrees in outside temperature (think not just heat from tyre wall flexing, friction from road surface, BRAKES).

The other thing is that the tyre is not a vessel with constant volume, i.e. the volume will change with pressure, temperature.... and even more variables (centrifugal force, lateral forces, ....).

I used to live in Finland and even from -20 to +30 you would see little change in pressures (if you bothered to check the pair not in use).