Used the leaf blower trick...problem
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I read that a lot of members use a leaf blower whn drying their cars.
I did tonight, and it seemed to work great. When I started up, the digital readout read - "low presssure LR"
Any thoughts, suggestions,??
I did tonight, and it seemed to work great. When I started up, the digital readout read - "low presssure LR"
Any thoughts, suggestions,??
Last edited by eightyvette; Aug 25, 2005 at 09:10 PM.
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Check the LR tire pressure manually and see what it reads. Could be a TPS glitch as they are prone to occassionally dropping out. If the sensor is reading incorrectly, it will probably resynch the next time you take it for a spin.
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Originally Posted by DngrZne
Let me just ask a dumb question, just to make sure we aren't missing something easy...did you check the tire pressure and make sure that it wasn't in fact low?
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Originally Posted by eightyvette
I read that a lot of members use a leaf blower whn drying their cars.
I did tonight, and it seemed to work great. When I started up, the digital readout read - "low presssure LR"
Any thoughts, suggestions,??
I did tonight, and it seemed to work great. When I started up, the digital readout read - "low presssure LR"
Any thoughts, suggestions,??
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Originally Posted by DngrZne
Let me just ask a dumb question, just to make sure we aren't missing something easy...did you check the tire pressure and make sure that it wasn't in fact low?
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This may be too obvious, but how long was the vette sitting before you got this reading? You do know that the tires need to be rotating for a distance before the tps will get an accurate reading dont you? 
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Probably was the Magnetic relay of the Centerfugic copper coil in the leaf blower throwing off the sensors? Was it a gas or electric blower?? Most probably the electric since it always seems to do that to the sensors. Buy a gas blower, it wont happen then 
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Has to be a coincidence. Perhaps the tire is low.
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Originally Posted by eightyvette
I read that a lot of members use a leaf blower whn drying their cars.
I did tonight, and it seemed to work great. When I started up, the digital readout read - "low presssure LR"
Any thoughts, suggestions,??
I did tonight, and it seemed to work great. When I started up, the digital readout read - "low presssure LR"
Any thoughts, suggestions,??
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Well, it depends on which version of the run-flats that you have on your car.
If you have the run flats that never need filling with air (I think this was discussed last week), then you can safely ignore this message.
If, on the other hand, you have the more common version then you probably didn't dry your car in a proper star pattern. Not drying the car in the correct fashion tends to cause a build-up of air at one corner and a loss at the other. You can correct this by washing and redrying the car but, this time, weighting your time so that the average over the two washes is the same.
Alternatively, you could put some air in your LR tyre and resort to the old-fashioned trick of checking your tyre pressures on a regular basis.
If you have the run flats that never need filling with air (I think this was discussed last week), then you can safely ignore this message.
If, on the other hand, you have the more common version then you probably didn't dry your car in a proper star pattern. Not drying the car in the correct fashion tends to cause a build-up of air at one corner and a loss at the other. You can correct this by washing and redrying the car but, this time, weighting your time so that the average over the two washes is the same.
Alternatively, you could put some air in your LR tyre and resort to the old-fashioned trick of checking your tyre pressures on a regular basis.