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Home | Vehicles | Trucks, Suvs Racing cars have used this strategy for a long time. Airlines have used this same strategy on their jets and planes. Even large retailers are starting to offer it to their customers. So what exactly is this strategy? It seems to be the new rage in tires. It involves using nitrogen to inflate your tires instead of air. Filling tires with nitrogen instead of air is becoming so popular that even Costco now offers it to its customers when they buy new tires. Why do people want to fill their tires with nitrogen? What do they know that we don't? Why do race cars and jets use nitrogen? Nitrogen is supposed to offer some advantages over air. It is claimed to keep your tires at the proper pressure longer than air will. Allegedly nitrogen loss from your tires is at a rate of up to three times slower than air. The thinking here is that if your tires are at the correct pressure for longer then you will save gasoline because under pressurized tires increase friction and decrease gas economy. Nitrogen advocates state that in addition to fuel saving benefits there are other advantages. Nitrogen is thought to run at cooler temperatures than air. If this is the case your tires will run at a cooler temperature creating less expansion in the tire. With less expansion your tires should require less maintenance and last longer. Corrosion protection of the rim and of the tire itself are other claimed benefits . Air contains oxygen so it begins to oxidize anything it is in contact with. Rims of your tires will be oxidizing or rusting because it is exposed to the oxygen in the tire. The walls of the tire itself begin oxidizing and breaking down with exposure to oxygen. By filling a tire with pure nitrogen the oxygen is eliminated. Without oxygen no oxidation will happen. If your tires are not breaking down from oxygen exposure they should be safer and last longer. Are these claims true? Is nitrogen a wonder drug for your tires? It is certainly worth a thorough investigation. The Jury is still out on this. Article Source: http://www.articlewheel.com
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