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Tyre pressures

Postby joeishmather » Thu Oct 28, 2010 4:17 pm

What tyre pressure are ppl riding on? Preferably 1.5 dci owners bit interested to hear others, are ppl following what the car book says??
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Re: Tyre pressures

Postby Ray » Thu Oct 28, 2010 8:28 pm

32 front
30 rear

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Re: Tyre pressures

Postby aab » Fri Oct 29, 2010 12:18 pm

2.0 DCI 40 - 32 Slightly higher than recommended for the type of use
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Re: Tyre pressures

Postby AlexB » Fri Oct 29, 2010 3:49 pm

See p.70 here:
https://ray-lee.co.uk/megane/dialogys/MR364MEGANE3.pdf

The unit converter is here (bar to psi):
https://www.digitaldutch.com/unitconverter/pressure.htm

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Re: Tyre pressures

Postby davelowe » Fri Oct 29, 2010 10:24 pm

I'm on 32 front 30 rear unless motorway or towing. The 'book' (can't bring myself to call it a manual) says this. So does the door plate. Am I wrong? Has there been an 'update'?
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Re: Tyre pressures

Postby Ray » Sat Oct 30, 2010 1:44 pm

well according to the post by AlexB, it should be 34/30. might give it a go next time i'm at the pump

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Re: Tyre pressures

Postby AlexB » Sat Oct 30, 2010 10:09 pm

Dave,

Which "door plate"? I have two, one rectangular and one oval. None of them lists the tyre pressures.

I recently changed the tyres. The garage, obviously, inflated them incorrectly to 1.8 bar. They had the best intentions, but forgot that when the tyre is inflated, the air gets hot and then cools down, which leads to pressure reduction. The tyres got hot after a test drive on a motorway, especially the fronts. Then I adjusted the pressures and the temperatures went down. By the weight distribution of the car, it seems that 2.4-2.0 bar (35-29 psi) combination is about right. I am on Conti PremiumContact 2 205/60R15 91H tyres.

Dave, you are right, the figures I am talking about are for motorways, as noted in the factory manual.

davelowe wrote:I'm on 32 front 30 rear unless motorway or towing. The 'book' (can't bring myself to call it a manual) says this. So does the door plate. Am I wrong? Has there been an 'update'?
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Re: Tyre pressures

Postby davelowe » Sat Oct 30, 2010 10:40 pm

AlexB wrote:Dave,

Which "door plate"? I have two, one rectangular and one oval. None of them lists the tyre pressures.


Hmm - interesting. I think there is a door sticker. If I remember correctly it's in a diagram form. I'll check tomorrow and photograph it (if it exists outside of my imagination).
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