I was shocked when talking to a room full of engineers. NONE of them checked their own tire pressures. When the light comes on, they go get in line at the tire shop 馃槻
, I'm not surprised at all. Mechanical engineers are probably the most inclined to do so, though. Maybe Civils after that. But an EE? No way -- they just want a sensor to send them data saying pressures are low, and they'll leave the physical labor part of it to others 馃榿
Pretty sure a mechanical engineer who works for the EPA has that level of knowledge or access to a coworker who does. More than likely (having met the author) he simply wrote it in layman's terms on his lunch break.
EE's, and you forgot "software engineers"....馃槈
Is it? I bet 99.9999% of the time they send the customer off with underinflated tires since nitrogen doesn't expand when hot like air (never mind the fact that the air is 78% nitrogen to begin with). Racing applications are completely different....known temps, race distance and other variables. Just another scam....
Very good info here if you want to go down the rabbit hole.
https://www.mojotiretools.com/N2_for_tires_FAQ.htm
Don't even let me start on it. VAG group is saying that oil consumption on 2.0 TFSI are within the specs, if engine is consuming............ 1qt of oil per 2500 miles..I
My brother in law is a civil engineer. I taught him how to change his oil, rotate tires, change filters and change his brakes.
Here in Australia, every diesel-powered vehicle must have a DCF, diesel particulate filter, essentially a thing that traps the nasty stuff then burns it off at hight temperature, allegedly. Toyota stuffed it up big time, class action now ongoing, going to cost them millions. I purchased two, both had significant problems. Toyota just said piss off, there is no problem.
This reminds me that a fellow inspector used to be a lead engineer for US DOT, and he was involved in many different studies related to vehicle safety and stability systems. I'm curious enough to shoot him an email and see if they ever studied this.
I would be curious to hear his response if you can share it.
Turbos definitely consume oil, but that's about double the 'normal' consumption for a turbo motor in a sporty-ish car. I've kept a quart handy in my daily drivers for the last 30 years (a 2.0 turbo and a 2.5 turbo)
The service advisors and mechanics get paid commission on the repairs so incentive is to find EVERYTHING.
My favorite thing to do: if I'm paying for new parts to be installed, I want the old ones back and I repeat it several times to the service advisor to let him know I'm not joking. Even got a quarter panel back for an FJ Cruiser one time to make sure I got a new part and not bondo.
My wife's daily driver is a Honda CRV (it's what she likes...so...). The first Honda dealer we went to, we agreed on a price, handshake, done. Right? Wrong. We sit down and find $250 clear coat added to the final sale. Wasn't on the sticker. Never part of the discussion. What's this? Salesman said we put a clearcoat on every car to protect the paint. (????) I said this was not even legal to do. It needs to be on the itemized window sticker not to magically appear buried on the bill of sale. I said take it off or no sale. Manager came in and said we can't take it off. (???) We magically went to a competing dealer down the road and bought the exact car without the special clearcoat.
A public service announcement. While I am not an authorized mechanic, I have several friends who are. Here is what you do when faced with a potentially large auto service issue: Ask the mechanic what he would do if it were his car. This is their kryptonite.
