STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO CHECKING YOUR TYRE PRESSURE

The tyres of your car are the components that your vehicle moves on. They play an extraordinary role in ensuring the safety, proper control, and comfort of your vehicle. Given the crucial role it plays, as a responsible car owner, you should give your complete attention to the tyres' maintenance and servicing.

As important as it is to select the right set of tyres for your car, it is equally important to ensure your car's proper maintenance. One of the easiest and quickest methods of tyre maintenance that doesn’t cost you much is to check for adequate tyre pressure. It is crucial to verify if your car’s tyres are inflated to the proper pressure level or not. Having under-inflated or over-inflated tyres can present a lot of significant problems in any situation. Tyres that do not have an appropriate inflation level tend to have a faster wearing rate, unsatisfactory performance, and low fuel mileage. You can save yourself from any such trouble by checking on your own that your tyres are at proper inflation level at all times. Let us understand the method of how to check your tyre pressure.

THE RIGHT WAY OF CHECKING YOUR TYRE PRESSURE

Being well-versed with the method of checking the tyre-pressure is very important to ensure your safety and good working condition of the tyres.

To check the tyre pressure, you can use a pressure gauge as it has the same measurement unit as that given by the pressure guidelines in your car's user manual.

There are three types of pressure gauge-

• Dial pressure gauge- It has a numbered dial and a watch-like hand indicating the tyre pressure.
• Digital pressure gauge- It is like a digital watch that displays the tyres' pressure on the screen.
• Pen-type pressure gauge- This type of pressure gauge has a rod-like a ruler that moves in between the sleeves to measure the tyre’s air pressure.

After you’ve selected the pressure gauge of your choice, you have to perform the following steps:

1. Separate the valve dust cap, which you will find on the tyre valve. After that, in the tyre valve stem, position the pressure gauge, ensuring it is tightly pressed onto it.
2. Make sure that you are firmly and uniformly pressing the gauge on top of the valve stem so that you can get an accurate reading of the tyre pressure on it.
3. After getting the reading on the pressure gauge, decide whether the pressure level matches the set pressure level for your Tyres Shrewsbury and if you need to inflate or deflate them.
4. In the case of inflation, you can do it using a suitable pump, pumping in a small quantity of air at one go.
5. In case of deflation, you can use the edge of a screwdriver with a flat head to press on the valve stem’s metal pin, which will cause the air to release.
6. In between inflating and deflating, make sure to take consistent measurements of tyre pressure using the pressure gauge.

WHY SHOULD YOU CHECK YOUR TYRE PRESSURE?

Enough stress can never be laid because your car’s tyres are the components that play the most crucial role and carry the whole weight of your vehicle. You should know that your car's tyres lose some air every once in a while, naturally, and, hence, it becomes more important to do regular check-ups for your tyre pressure.

It is an obvious fact that the condition of your wheels majorly decides the performance of your vehicle. It plays an essential role in many areas related to significant handling and your car's safety, like the braking speed, car-handling on the corners, the comfort level you feel while driving, etc. It even impacts your car's fuel efficiency as an under-inflated tyre can shoot up the vehicle's on-road resistance, leading to higher fuel consumption.

When inflating or deflating any one of your car tyres, it is a good practice to check all four of them as each tyre’s pressure can be different from the other. Feel free to stop by at Tyre Fitting Shrewsbury for a quick tyre-checking procedure, which includes checking the tyres' stress as well. Take good care of your tyres so that they can take good care of you.