How to Properly Check and Fill Tires on Your Car

Checking your tire pressure only takes a minute, and it's one of the best and easiest maintenance items you can do yourself! Watch this video to learn how to do it the right way.

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[aknyc]

Finally, someone instructs the pressure on the door jam! Why do many other videos tell ppl to inflate to the max psi on the tire? And so many ppl actually follow those instructions!

[CatSmith]

I honestly didn’t understand half of what you said. I’m a visual person so I appreciate you actually showing the steps it helped so much! Thank you!!😊

[ananthCanada]

this man always smiles like he's upto something

[chuckgrenci]

And remember, for every 10 degrees F, either up or down, comes a corresponding increase or reduction of approximately 1 psi. This occurs when air or nitrogen fill is used for airing tires (per the gas laws).

[shealuvm]

This was perfect and straight to the point! Thanks

[Blue-jnph]

Excellent video! I didn't know about the tire pressure recommendation on the driver's side door so that was really helpful.

[riamac]

Thanks! You shared more information than the other videos I have watched!

[doom]

I used to find inflating my tires a chore. Then I got the milwaukee tire inflator and i look forward to it now haha. Highly recommend it to everyone. It tells you your tire pressure and it auto shuts off when your reach your desired tire pressure

[aaa]

I like using a digital gauge - more accurate. Check them every 2 weeks in the early am

[Steven-rpzo]

excellent info, straight to the point!

[rossbowman]

I always check the tires before I go with a quick walk around of my car. Good information.

[billnipp]

Ok. You inflate your tires to the right psi, in the summer time let’s say. Mine are 45psi. You then drive it and the pressure then increases over the maximum psi. I’ve seen as much as 6-7 psi increase. Then what do you do? Ty.

[ericcamacho]

While you're at it don't forget to refill your blinker fluid.

[olenaerhardt]

Is it much more difficult to change a tire at a low temperature? I completed my 1st tire and ready for the 2nd one, but the temperature here dropped. I saw in one film how they heated the tire w/heat gun, but how much, where exactly, all that is kind of vauge. Also in that film they were working on tractor tires, I have just regular passenger car (R16 tires). My HF Tire Machine is mounted outside, while it is snowing I won't do anything, but tomorrow it will be clear. So I decided to do a small research on the subject meanwhile. At what temperature you can change tire more or less comfortably, can you do it @45F, or it is too low? My main concern is that I can tear the tire or burn it w/heater gun. Thank you for a great (as usually) film.

[chrisbastean]

I'd always inflate them to the max PSI, so I'm glad to know I was overinflating them by about 75%.

[Mikeey]

i have 2002 nissan altmia 2.5se that is shaking very bad as i drive and it has a check engine light on. when i took it to autozone it gives Error code P0300 Random missfire and P0733 Gear 3 incorrect Ratio. what should i do? Thank you

[dansloan]

So does it matter, if you fill the tire on the ground, or in the air? Or does this just make it easier on the compressor?

[aztecgladiator]

What if I bought after market tires? I wanted bigger rims so I have to change tires. Does the psi remain the same or changes?

[martelesquivel]

thank you very much, Iv been inflating my tires the wrong way.