| Maintaining the recommended tire pressure will allow | | | | generated pressure by blowing up the tires 5 PSI |
| for safer driving and improve fuel efficiency. Especially | | | | more than the recommended pressure. |
| when fuel prices are climbing up, in difficult | | | | First, find out the recommended pressure for your |
| atmospheric conditions like rain, snow, or ice; tire | | | | tires. You can find it in the owner's manual of your |
| pressure can make a difference when driving. | | | | car, it is usually also displayed on the sticker on the |
| Checking the tire pressure is easy, everything you | | | | driver's side door. You shouldn't over inflate your tires |
| need is a tire pressure gauge of good quality and a | | | | as they wear out more quickly. Keeping the tires |
| source of air to inflate the tire to the required | | | | under inflated i a safety hazard and wears out the |
| pressure. You can choose between analog and digital | | | | tire wall. It's best to maintain the tire pressure within |
| tire pressure gauge. Digital ones are usually very | | | | 5 PSI of the recommended value. |
| precise and have the advantage of an easy to read | | | | Now, locate the tire valve and remove the |
| backlit LCD screen. | | | | protective cap. Press the gauge on the valve stem, |
| The source of air can be air compressor at the gas | | | | try to keep it even. You will hear some air get away, |
| station or you can get one for yourself, it can always | | | | but if you've placed the gauge right it should stop |
| come in handy. Do not rely on the gas station's air | | | | immediately. Press it firmly and you will get a reading, |
| machine gauge, as it is usually beat and inaccurate, so | | | | either by blowing out a metered peg or a needle on |
| have your own gauge to insure proper PSI for your | | | | a traditional gauge, or a number reading on a digital |
| tires. | | | | model. |
| Before you start, make sure that your car is | | | | If the pressure is low, blow up your tire and recheck |
| unloaded and on even ground, otherwise the reading | | | | the pressure. If it's too high, let some air out by the |
| could be innacurate. Also, your tires should be cold, | | | | air bleed valve on your gauge if it has one, or by |
| they should not have been driven on for at least | | | | moving the gauge until you hear the air escaping. For |
| three hours. If they were, compensate for the heat | | | | the other tires, repeat the last two steps. |