help sensors?
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Racer
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From: ELGIN IL
help sensors?
What tool should I buy to reset my sensors now I have 19x10 and 20x10.5 on my vette I think 19 are 19 285/30 and 20s 285/30 I think the tire pressure should be between 40 to 50 psi on front and back and my sensors are going crazy what should I do?
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That sounds kinda high for the tire pressure. Where did you hear that? I didn't think the size of the tire affects the the pressure you should be using. You also need to make sure you don't exceed the max pressure listed on the sidewalls.
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....those pressure numbers seem too high, but if they turn out to be correct you do have some options to stop the warnings from the DIC.You could get a dealer (or someone else) with a TECH II to program the sensors out, or you could do what another member did to fool the system, build your own "pressure cannister".
Basically a member posted how he had taken a 4" ABS tube, mounted 1 sensor into it, put the other 3 in it, sealed it all up and pumped in 30 lbs. of air and then just put it in the trunk. The system was able to read the sensors and "thought" everything was fine....problem solved for about $10 of parts from a plumbing store.
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What makes you think the tire pressure should be between 40 and 50 psi? There is no "tool" that you can buy that will let you do that. The alarm state of the tire pressure monitoring system will alert you if the tire pressure goes above 42 psi. If you can't find a way to reprogram the car you can't just "reset it" to allow for it.
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....those pressure numbers seem too high, but if they turn out to be correct you do have some options to stop the warnings from the DIC.You could get a dealer (or someone else) with a TECH II to program the sensors out, or you could do what another member did to fool the system, build your own "pressure cannister".
Basically a member posted how he had taken a 4" ABS tube, mounted 1 sensor into it, put the other 3 in it, sealed it all up and pumped in 30 lbs. of air and then just put it in the trunk. The system was able to read the sensors and "thought" everything was fine....problem solved for about $10 of parts from a plumbing store.
way around the problem if you have to run with no sensors
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Running rubber bands for tires is a bad idea in the first place, inflating them to excessive pressure only makes things worse.
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