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Tire Sensor Question
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I have never gotten a "high pressure" warning before on two of my tires. Does the sensors need to be replaced? Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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Last edited by grunz95; Mar 14, 2013 at 11:12 PM. Reason: problem fix
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St. Jude Donor '03-'04
test the pressure with a hand help pressure gage. Normally a high pressure warning occurs above 45 psi.. you should be running your tires around 30 psi.
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It's possible you may have left some info out of your first post, or at least worded something wrong.
Did you take your car somewhere they would have added air to the tires? Like an oil change place, etc? I've found recently that many "experts" at tire stores add air up to the max on the sidewall instead of recommended pressure.
Did you take your car somewhere they would have added air to the tires? Like an oil change place, etc? I've found recently that many "experts" at tire stores add air up to the max on the sidewall instead of recommended pressure.
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when you checked the pressure manually, what was the temp you found?
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It's possible you may have left some info out of your first post, or at least worded something wrong.
Did you take your car somewhere they would have added air to the tires? Like an oil change place, etc? I've found recently that many "experts" at tire stores add air up to the max on the sidewall instead of recommended pressure.
Did you take your car somewhere they would have added air to the tires? Like an oil change place, etc? I've found recently that many "experts" at tire stores add air up to the max on the sidewall instead of recommended pressure.
Thanks for all the replys.
Last edited by grunz95; Mar 14, 2013 at 01:53 PM. Reason: changed wording
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So are you still getting the warning? also what did you mean by resetting the sensors? ( do you mean relearning them ) you don't have to do that, recognizing their RF radio frequency is all that relearning their position does, it has nothing to do with how the sensors read the pressure.
when you checked the pressure manually, what was the temp you found?
when you checked the pressure manually, what was the temp you found?
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I asked if you were still getting the warning and you said " YES" ???.
I also asked what the pressure was and you keep ignoring that.
Who told you to put nitrogen in your tires? a waste of time and money
You went to the dealer they sold you on nitrogen.. how much did they charge?
Do you know that regular compressor air is 82 % nitrogen and its free.
Do you know not to ever go the that dealership again? They are not professional if they are overinflating tires.
I also asked what the pressure was and you keep ignoring that.
Who told you to put nitrogen in your tires? a waste of time and money
You went to the dealer they sold you on nitrogen.. how much did they charge?
Do you know that regular compressor air is 82 % nitrogen and its free.
Do you know not to ever go the that dealership again? They are not professional if they are overinflating tires.
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It's possible you may have left some info out of your first post, or at least worded something wrong.
Did you take your car somewhere they would have added air to the tires? Like an oil change place, etc? I've found recently that many "experts" at tire stores add air up to the max on the sidewall instead of recommended pressure.
Did you take your car somewhere they would have added air to the tires? Like an oil change place, etc? I've found recently that many "experts" at tire stores add air up to the max on the sidewall instead of recommended pressure.
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Its very hard to trust anyone. even some seasoned mechanics refuse to use a torque wrench, in their mind they know what the torque should be by hand. We did a dealership test on this and found most mechanics were 5 to 15 % higher than the torque spec ( over torgue ) less than 1 % were lower than spec. using the wrong torque spec , especially on an aluminum alloy engine can be a very bad practice. I use a torque wrench on everything. the wheel studs on a C5 require 100 ft. lbs. of torque to properly stretch the major pitch diameter with the minor pitch diameter. anything below that can become lose, anything above that can cause stud failure.
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I asked if you were still getting the warning and you said " YES" ???.
I also asked what the pressure was and you keep ignoring that.
Who told you to put nitrogen in your tires? a waste of time and money
You went to the dealer they sold you on nitrogen.. how much did they charge?
Do you know that regular compressor air is 82 % nitrogen and its free.
Do you know not to ever go the that dealership again? They are not professional if they are overinflating tires.
I also asked what the pressure was and you keep ignoring that.
Who told you to put nitrogen in your tires? a waste of time and money
You went to the dealer they sold you on nitrogen.. how much did they charge?
Do you know that regular compressor air is 82 % nitrogen and its free.
Do you know not to ever go the that dealership again? They are not professional if they are overinflating tires.
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It's possible you may have left some info out of your first post, or at least worded something wrong.
Did you take your car somewhere they would have added air to the tires? Like an oil change place, etc? I've found recently that many "experts" at tire stores add air up to the max on the sidewall instead of recommended pressure.
Did you take your car somewhere they would have added air to the tires? Like an oil change place, etc? I've found recently that many "experts" at tire stores add air up to the max on the sidewall instead of recommended pressure.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-g...771-tires.html
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