Nitrogen gas for Logan tyres

Hi all,

I have a Logan DLS diesel car and last week I filled nitrogen gas in my car tyres. Initially I maintained typre pressure at 29 PSI for all tyres as per car maker specification. But then I found that Nitrogen makes the tyres too soft and it reduced the ground cleared a lot. While driving in the city (Bangalore) I could feel the under chasis hitting every road hump.

I went back to Nitrogen gas vendor (Madhu's Enterprises on KH Road, Bangalore) and he said, it may be because of the fact that Nitrogen gas is softer and provides more cushioning than the ordinary air. So he did a top up of 35 PSI in each of the typres and asked me to watch for few more days. Now I feel the tyre pressure better than the initial scenario, and so is the ground clearance. But still while runningn on a free way, I dont feel much comfortable at higher speeds.

I am planning to drive down to my hometown for about 450 kms far on May 01. So I wanted to know whether anybody tried this so far? If yes, please let me know your inputs. Thanks a ton.

Regards
Ganesh

GaneshP wrote:

Hi all,

I have a Logan DLS diesel car and last week I filled nitrogen gas in my car tyres. Initially I maintained typre pressure at 29 PSI for all tyres as per car maker specification. But then I found that Nitrogen makes the tyres too soft and it reduced the ground cleared a lot. While driving in the city (Bangalore) I could feel the under chasis hitting every road hump.

I went back to Nitrogen gas vendor (Madhu's Enterprises on KH Road, Bangalore) and he said, it may be because of the fact that Nitrogen gas is softer and provides more cushioning than the ordinary air. So he did a top up of 35 PSI in each of the typres and asked me to watch for few more days. Now I feel the tyre pressure better than the initial scenario, and so is the ground clearance. But still while runningn on a free way, I dont feel much comfortable at higher speeds.

I am planning to drive down to my hometown for about 450 kms far on May 01. So I wanted to know whether anybody tried this so far? If yes, please let me know your inputs. Thanks a ton.

Regards
Ganesh

A gas other than air for tyres? I am hearing this for the first time.

Yes thats correct. Nitrogen is originally used in aircrafts to handle the weight, velocity & traction on the wheels. This is also considered to be stable gas, which means it wont expand on application of heat and wont shrink on application of cold. This way, the tyre pressure remains the same, hence better tyre life & mileage.

BTW I have completed mky home town trip. In four days I drove around 1800 kms and it was just fantastic. I maintained my tyre pressure at 35 psi. And I guess this is an ideal configuration for Logan DLS.

well i maintain 30psi tyre pressure the same is recommended for the car

iam using nitrogen in my tyres for the past 6 months now and i have always maintained 28 psi in all the tyres... and no problems faced till now...

Hey T!
Nice to hear frm u!
How much do u pay for the same! And BTW wats ur Name!?

NItrogen for tyres is good,( theoretically) Saumil it costs Rs 100 for 5 tyres with a warranty for 3 months (they will top up / refill for 3 months free). However you are not supposed to mix air with nitro, so if you are going out and you need to check air pressure and top it up you end up in a problem, or if there is apuncture, one of your tyres is on air others on nitro. nice but inconvenient, anyway I have not yet seen any special benefit from nitro

hey debashish i think u inqiured on the mumbai -pune expressway...
there's no warranty given newhere else... somewhere it costs Rs 25 per tyre, whereas sumwhere Rs 50.... as for the benefit the ride indeed has smoothened... no substantial change in fuel economy though... but yes it doesnt require to be topped up every now n then... and my name is SUDHANSHU

Hi Sudhansu, no I did not enquire on the mum -pun hghwy, we have a dealer in thane - Mahesh Automobiles, from whom I have filled nitro in my tyres, he gives you a membership card and is true to his word, it's been 4 months since I have put nitro. I have had 3 punctures since then, all when i am out of thane, these are facts think about it before u put nitro.

thnx for the info debashish.........

In my country had been try to offer for client to pump the tyres by nitrogen. It seems to me this service has not found its customer. I only smiled in response to these offers.
Remember the air consists per se of nitrogen on 80%. Any Nitrogen gas vendor will not offer you more clean nitrogen than 95%. The difference is so small that it is not worth the effort and the cost.
ps it's only my opinion

bstr!! i agree with you my man... speding lots of bucks just for the hell of air isnt right....

science sometimes is right.. nitrogen is the most prevalent gas.. and gas will expand and escape in some situation or the other. so use the normal air around you... soft tyres wear out faster!! so in short, use nitrogen, u wear out your tyres faster than what they have been made for!!

Hi

Yesterday when I was at a fuel station checking for the tyre pressure, the person there asked me if I wanted to fill Nitrogen gas and gave advantages of the same such as -

• Increases fuel efficiency by 2-10%
  
• Do not get heated up
  
• Increases life of tyres
  
• etc. etc
  

Has anybody used Nitrogen in tubeless tyres. Any/all views on this issue are welcomed
Regards
Yogi

well there is alredy a thread on that, pls refer

MERGED.
PLEASE DONT KEEP CREATING NEW TOPICS WITHOUT REFERRING TO EXISTING ONES.

PLease tell me guys where can i fill nitogen gas in bangalore??

Hello Sabrish,

You may visit Madhu's Enterprises at the below address -

No 35/5, Langford Road (Near Double Road Circle)
Bangalore - 560 025
Ph: 080-41519430 / 50

Basically this is a MRF tyres showroom but they also offer Nitrogen gas filling.

Thanks Ganesh for your reply.. i will go this weekend and chek this out

can anyone post the cost of filling Nitrogen gas in bangalore, and few outlets in south bangalore for the same

I somehow feel its not necessary but each has his/her own ideas and opinion.

I would not bother with the stuff ! Ok in a Rolls Royce or a Mercedes Maybe but a Logan does not need this treatment

Maybe I am a bit late in the day to join this debate.

Came across this web site which does talk about this topic and virtually everything else that one needs to know about tyres etc. It is in two parts; interesting to just glance through it.

http://www.carbibles.com/tyre_bible.html

To add on to my earlier post, the part dealing with nitrogen gas for tyres is in Part 2 and towards the end of the article!

nice.. thanks.. but i still find people actually filling up Maruti 800 with Nitrogen... hehehe... if they have money to throw around, they should give it to me.. will do up my Logan interiors

thanks....could'nt agree with you more; count me in the list of recipients when you meet these guys