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Lightwater Member Since: 21 Aug 2014 Location: Sydney Northern Beaches Posts: 4905 |
You say the tyre hadn't lost pressure. Do you have TPMS? Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device!
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24th Jun 2024 8:55 am |
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Badger51 Member Since: 01 Mar 2014 Location: Coffs Harbour Posts: 959 |
Good spot Jules, that could have been nasty! (Now Sold). 2008 Freelander 2 (Nazca Sand) SE TD4 Auto. Statutory write off & on WOVR for hail damage but still road legal.
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24th Jun 2024 9:03 am |
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IanMetro Member Since: 11 Sep 2017 Location: Somerset BS21 Posts: 3107 |
Glad you spotted it and everyone is ok.
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24th Jun 2024 9:50 am |
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Dave47 Member Since: 31 Aug 2014 Location: Margate Kent Posts: 1331 |
glad nothing unfortunate happened there Jules
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24th Jun 2024 10:08 am |
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jules Member Since: 13 Dec 2007 Location: The Wilds of Warwickshire Posts: 4947 |
Yes. Ive just checked it again , and its still showing 2.4bar incredible ! Jules |
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24th Jun 2024 10:24 am |
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MotionInc Member Since: 17 Jun 2019 Location: North America Posts: 1343 |
Was the wheel parked at full angle when you saw that? If not, I !
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24th Jun 2024 10:47 am |
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Bobupndown Member Since: 26 Dec 2014 Location: Upside down behind the TV! Posts: 2790 |
Not a place you'd routinely notice damage at all. Glad it wasn't a nasty or inconvenient incident. Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948
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24th Jun 2024 11:24 am |
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Lightwater Member Since: 21 Aug 2014 Location: Sydney Northern Beaches Posts: 4905 |
They only update when the car is doing about 20kph, at least my one does. I am a bit surprised that you had a catastrophic tyre failure & not know about it. But it may have been Murphy's Law at the time of parking the car in your favour, safety wise. But unfortunately not dollar (£) wise! Fortunately not resulting in an accident. But nevertheless that there was not a hint of a leak leading up to the situation is in itself interesting. Fourth 'but' (I apologize)... But at least if you had driven off from the next usage of the car you would have noticed the tyre expunging itself of life! The point of TPMS is to catch slow or fast pressure reduction on the move. Slow pressure reduction or very slow pressure reduction (remove screw etc & plug tyre when convenient. 4 times in Western Australia in 2018). Fast pressure reduction, stop instantly or at least pull over to as safe as possible position on the side of the road. Hopefully to save tyre before expungtion! We had a false alarm on a road in North Western Australia, 4000 road trains & associated vehicles used this road every 24 hours, mostly road trains. A mining site vehicle pulled up to help us, pulled over to the side of the road. We explained that our TPMS "went off". Had a good conversation of being "prepared" in these "hostile" environments. TPMS has paid for itself so many times, & not only in the value of saved & plugged tyres! I would be lost without it not having feedback on the dashboard. Procrastination, mankind's greatest labour saving device! Acoustic insulation ARB TPMS 3xARB air compressors After cooler Air tank On-board OCD pressure air/water cleaning Additional 50L fuel Carpet in doors ABE 2x1kg Waeco 28L modified fridge Battery 4x26ah Solar 120w Victron MPPT 100/20 DC-DC 18amps 175amp jumper plug Awning 6x255/60R18 |
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24th Jun 2024 12:21 pm |
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jules Member Since: 13 Dec 2007 Location: The Wilds of Warwickshire Posts: 4947 |
I checked it using my hand-held gauge. It hadnt significantly deflated in 2 days.
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24th Jun 2024 1:30 pm |
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jules Member Since: 13 Dec 2007 Location: The Wilds of Warwickshire Posts: 4947 |
Yes, I'd reversed the car up to the garage door and left it on full lock. I chance back glance picked out the dark arc on the inner tyre wall, which drew my immediate attention. Jules |
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24th Jun 2024 1:35 pm |
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Lightwater Member Since: 21 Aug 2014 Location: Sydney Northern Beaches Posts: 4905 |
Due to traveling in outback Australia where it's about tyres, tyres & tyres.... && tyres!
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24th Jun 2024 2:19 pm |
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Lightwater Member Since: 21 Aug 2014 Location: Sydney Northern Beaches Posts: 4905 |
It's surprising the change in pressure from summer to winter.
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24th Jun 2024 2:24 pm |
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jules Member Since: 13 Dec 2007 Location: The Wilds of Warwickshire Posts: 4947 |
Tyres heat up as they roll. I wonder how much does ambient air and ground temp affects the temp the tyres reach at say motorway speeds ? Jules |
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24th Jun 2024 9:34 pm |
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Lightwater Member Since: 21 Aug 2014 Location: Sydney Northern Beaches Posts: 4905 |
In summer mine are 32psi when they haven't been running & ambient temperature roughly 25°C. On hotter days a few PSI more. We often have temperatures in the high 20ies. Then there is the very hot days which we generally stay indoors.
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24th Jun 2024 11:49 pm |
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