NitroFill

[westover6]

We charge $49.87 lifetime. We actually have customers asking for it. It works for us. Also works great on my Goldwing.

[sallen1]

Not too many scientists in service departments.

I bet you have water accumulators on you compressed air system. They try to collect as much water so it doesn't get into the impact tools, etc. It also helps remove water that goes into tires.

The physics behind Nitro fill is that the gas is very dry (no water vapor). Gasses follow Boyle's law where the pressure, volume and temperature at one state relate to the PVT at another. For example, a gas at a low temperature will have a lower pressure (for a given volume such as a tire) than at a higher pressure. However, water and air react quite differently: water vapor expands and contracts much more than a dry gas.

So, you are really buying an air-drying system. Since the air around us is 78% Nitrogen, you can easily pull the nitrogen out which removes the water and other gasses. You could use pure oxygen with the same result, however O2 is highly reactive.

The benefit to the customer is a (near) constant tire pressure at a large range of temperatures. No "low pressure" warning lights in the morning!

Are you increasing fuel economy? Only if the tires have constant pressure. Tires with low pressure during part of operation would create lower gas mileage.

The sales people will tell you NASCAR uses Nitro systems so that is why you should too. Keep in mind that in NASCAR every little thing can mean the difference between winning and loosing and if pure nitrogen in tires means a constant and predictable tire pressure, then there is one less variable for the race team to worry over. It won't make that big of a difference with general automotive use.

sallen1

[INTEGRA552]

RIGHT...

[TD]

The Nitro Fill machines fill the tires with 96% Nitrogen. It is a larger molecule so you have less permeation through the sidewall and there is less fluctuation in pressures with temperature changes such as weather or friction induced from driving.

If you don't believe in it, record how many MPG you get(assuming you have this function with your vehicle) install Nitrogen and reset your MPG setting. I did this test with my vehicle and with one of my advisors vehicle and we both increased our MPG immediateley.

IMO- Not snake oil AND beneficial to the customer. We sell it for $10 per tire with lifetime free replacement.

I hope we are the first store they think of when they need a tire....

[This message has been edited by TD (edited 10-08-2007).]

[lower8]

we use nitro-fill and love it.
we sell it for $49 with roadside and $34 without it.

it is a real service that i tried on my wifes Jeep Liberty a year ago. the TPS lights went away immediately and the fuel economy went up 2mpg.

the customer complaints of tps lights go down big time with nitro.

[chrabo]

sallen1. Oxygen is NOT highly reactive. Yes, if you crack the top off of a tank it will take off like a missile and no, if you shoot a tank if the mouth of Jaws, the tank will not explode like say acetylene. Oxygen is a catalyst for combustion but is in fact, not combustible.