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TPMS vs Tyre Gauge

Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2014 8:29 pm
by bobgolden
After a short journey yesterday, I got the TPMS warning. Checking the pressures via iDrive, all 4 tyres were the same level below the recommended settings, which is obviously temperature related since I last checked and initialised the pressures in September. After topping them up and reinitiallising the system, the iDrive showed pressures that were exactly 0.1 bar below my gauge on all 4 tyres. So my question is which do I trust ? 

The gauge is a halfords digital variety that came top in class for accuracy a couple of years ago and has been a pretty solid performer up to now.

Re: TPMS vs Tyre Gauge

Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2014 8:56 pm
by 535dboy
Halfords

Re: TPMS vs Tyre Gauge

Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2014 8:59 pm
by bobgolden
Bugger - just added 0.1 bar and reset the flipping TPMS which took half my weekly mileage !

Re: TPMS vs Tyre Gauge

Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 2:38 pm
by kenniff
At the end of the week, double the mileage figure.  ::)