tyre pressures dropped

[barker22]

hey guys, i checked my tyre pressures lastnyt and was shocked to find that my rear o/s tyre read 17psi, wtf. it looked and felt solid and there was no visible sign of a puncture, how else could this have dropped so low, to be fair i havent checked them for a good few months (silly i know) but surely this shouldnt be like this.

 

[DrR]

Sounds about right.

 

[Dave..]

Sounds like a slow puncture.

I had a screw in my old tyre, spotted it a couple of months before it started to leak. Once the tyre wore down to the screw it was going down by about 4 psi a day.

 

[Addz]

my front ones do this quite often, go down to 17psi then stay there, slightly annoying

 

[Henry]

slow puncture or leaky valve

 

[Dunn]

stupidly cold weather mine was 15 psi

 

[MarcoB]

Its probably leaking on the beads. Common as muck.

 

[barker22]

well thanks for all the replys, all i can say is i hope not.

 

[Paddyhmfc]

Just checked mine earlier.

Front were down to around 24 and back drivers side was 10!

Put them all up to 32 and seemed so much better driving back to work.

 

[fUbAr]

I was rolling with a rear at 5psi when it was frozen. I put the bad handling down to the ice lol

 

[Paddyhmfc]

Best 40p i have spent on the car.

 

[H182]

As said its probably the cold weather, checked mine this weekend and they were all down a good 5-10psi. Feels much better now.

 

[gregor182]

sorry newbie question. what should i have my tyre pressure at? its a standard 172 btw
cheers

 

[Paddyhmfc]

I think people suggest between 30 and 32.

 

[Renshaw]

^about 30psi i think. although i put mine upto 34/35psi

 

[Bristow]

Lol i had 8 psi in one of my rears. The rest had 25. Think its leaking from the bead!

 

[mark smith87]

I run mine at 31 all round. You'll find the beading lets a bit of air out over a period of time. Its very common symptom with alloys. Best to check the pressures once a week.

 

[barker22]

I run mine at 31 all round. You'll find the beading lets a bit of air out over a period of time. Its very common symptom with alloys. Best to check the pressures once a week.

once a week. thats 20p every week. were in a recession don't ya know

 

[Dave..]

You need to use sainsburys then. Free air FTW