Whether you should fill your car tires with normal air or use nitrogen air has been a long-running debate among drivers around the world. If you have turned to social media to find the answer to this question, it certainly has not provided any concrete help. Claims are made from both sides and no correct answer is found. Here we are here to end this debate and give you a correct answer.
air in tires
Motorists have always preferred normal, everyday air and have made no complaints. Compressed air is easily available and costs nothing. These inflation ports can often be seen at petrol pumps across the country. Which fills air in the tires of your vehicle for free.
advantages
easily available
Cheap
Loss
may leak
Oxidation of tires, which causes tire wear
Temperature affects tire pressure
nitrogen in tires
The purest form of nitrogen is non-combustible, non-reactive inert gas. It has long been used in aircraft, commercial vehicles and racing cars. Nitrogen is now available in India as an option for filling air in car tyres.
Benefit
No leakage or loss of pressure
non-reactive
No moisture, so no rust
it gets cold
Loss
Costly
hardly available
cannot be mixed with air
can be filled with adulteration
Which of the two should you choose?
Every type of tire has very small holes. Over time, any gas you fill will leak into them. Due to which the tire pressure will eventually reduce. If you want to maintain tire pressure, use nitrogen. Nitrogen has larger gas molecules and moves out of your tires at a slower rate than air.
Nitrogen may prove especially beneficial to your tires if you fall into any of these categories:
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- You have at least one vehicle that you use primarily on the racetrack.
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- You drive your vehicle rarely and it sits unused for a long time.
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- You have a collectible vehicle that you rarely drive over any long distances.
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- You keep your vehicle parked without using it for a long time.
However, if your daily commute is routine from home to office and office to home. So the cost of filling tires with nitrogen outweighs any benefits it provides. Any savings you make on fuel will be so minor that you won’t even notice the difference. However, nitrogen is known to provide a better ride quality. But there is little evidence to support these claims.