Nitrogen Inflation
 

Evening,

Had a puncture today - quite a slow one but noticeable. Took the car into Kwik-Fit (I was 240 miles from home in North Wales and needed a quick fix) and got it sorted - £21.50.

Looking at the receipt a bit later on I noticed they had charged £1.50 for Nitrogen Inflation!

I was a bit peeved to be honest but I'm not gonna loose sleep over it as it was a fairly quick turnaround, but - what's with Nitrogen inflation? Why not just use air? I suppose it's just another way of getting a bit of cash for the job.

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Nitrogen is a different gas to air - not sure if it's lighter or heavier. But it's supposed to stay put in the tyre better than air and thus is the latest wheeze for car maintenance.

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http://www.theaa.com/motoring_advice...-nitrogen.html

Re: Nitrogen Inflation
 

Yeah - was just looking at that link myself before you posted it...

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IT's a gimmick ..sort of ..nitrogen is used because it contains no water vapour therefore no corrosion of the wheel ,also the molecules are bigger so there is less preasure drop .

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...so what if I need to check the pressure and find it a little low and bung some air in there....all the "advantages" are now gone.

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exactly ..next time just tell them not to bother with the nitrogen ...or you could put your mouth around the valve,breath deep and talk funny :D

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Isnt that helium?

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....errr that's helium mate...not sure what effect nitrogen would have - you might explode??!!

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Yes! :D

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still gonna talk funny with tyre valve in your gob :D

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Well that's kind of my point - I didn't know they were going to use it instead of normal air and charge me for the pleasure - bit of scam if you ask me.

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I agree ,last year i got 4 new tyres on my van ,£1.50 per tyre for nitrogen =extra £6 and i wasn't given the option it just appeared on my bill .It's not much extra in a nearly £400 bill but it would be nice to be given the choice

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Why would they give you a choice, you would only say no thanks. ;)

Yet another scam.

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Formula 1 and airplane tyres are all filled with Nitrogen as they contain no water, as at high temperatures they could explode if filled with oxygen.

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Air is a mixture of various gases contributing to the earth's atmosphere. In general, air consists of molecular Nitrogen (N2) with a volume count of 78%, molecular oxygen (O2) with a volume count of 20%. There are also small amounts of Argon (Ar) with a volume of 1.9%, Neon (Ne), Helium (He), Methane (CH4), Krypton (Kr), Hydrogen (H), Nitrous Oxide (N2O) and Xenon (Xe). Other gases and elements like water vapour (H2O), Ozone (O3), Carbon-dioxide (CO2), Sulphur dioxide (SO2) and Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) are found in variable concentration. The ammonia and hydrogen sulphide are also common constituent of air

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Nitrogen instead of air in your tyres is just a big gimmick. it's for the stupid and the chavs who believe that it gives your car an extra 50 bhp.