Why Tire Pressure Is Important
Created on: 2017-04-21
How to check your tire pressure, and why properly inflating your tires will reduce your help your fuel mileage
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step 1 :Checking Your Tire Pressure
- Find your recommended tire pressure in your door jamb or fuel door
- Check your tire pressure with a tire pressure gauge
- Add air to the tire with an air compressor
- Recheck the tire pressure
- Add air as necessary
Checking your tire pressures is an important part of vehicle maintenance, but did you know it can also help the environment? Keeping your tire pressures up to spec, which you can find inside of your vehicle's doorjamb or gas store and checking them regularly with a tire pressure gauge can help reduce rolling resistance. This increases your vehicle's fuel economy as well as the longevity of your tire. Keeping these pressures up with compressed air from either a compressor, a portable pump, or a gas station pump can help save you money and save the environment. Happy Earth Day from all of us here at 1A Auto.
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