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Offline bacillus

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Check the pressure of your spare tyre...
« on: October 23, 2011, 02:14:05 pm »
Decided to check the pressure of my spare tyre today as I haven't done so for quite some time.

The recommended pressure is 4.2 bar (~61psi), mine was 2,5 bar (37psi).   :scared:

Hopefully you'll never need to use it but if you do, it really needs to run 4.2 bar of pressure for safety reasons.
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Re: Check the pressure of your spare tyre...
« Reply #1 on: October 23, 2011, 02:52:52 pm »
Good call :drinking:

One of those things you just don't think about :stupid:

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Re: Check the pressure of your spare tyre...
« Reply #2 on: October 23, 2011, 04:17:46 pm »
Although I normally do my weekly checks, this is one thing I've been a bit slack with. I keep convincing myself that I'll get a full-sized spare wheel but never get round to it.

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Re: Check the pressure of your spare tyre...
« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2011, 04:34:14 pm »
Very good call..... i have been caught short by this on the M1 at 1:30am, thats another story though. :sad1:

Check ALL your tyres!  :happy2: