Technical not so smart need help
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I run mine at 28 psi all round 
Trev
Trev
Tyre pressures aren't usually specific to a certain model of car, in normal uses anyway...
I would suggest setting them all to about 34/35psi, thats what ive always set mine to on all the cars ive owned!
Hope this helps!
I would suggest setting them all to about 34/35psi, thats what ive always set mine to on all the cars ive owned!
Hope this helps!
ScoobyChris
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Any reason why you've settled on those pressures?! I tend to follow the manufacturer's guidelines and add a couple of PSI if I'm taking the car on track...
IIRC, the "normal" Panda is 2.0 bar (29psi) front and 1.8 bar (26psi) rear....
Chris
That's pretty close for the 100HP. I think the 100HP is 2.1 (rear) and 2.2 (front) bar. The other Pandas are probably different though, it depends on things like the wheel and tyre sizes.
I got 15's on my 1.2 so I set the fronts at 30 psi and the rears at 28 psi..
Next please..
Next please..
here's the values from the manual: (assuming 1bar = 15psi)
All petrol engines (except 100HP and 4x4)
155/80R13 or 165/65R14 tyres
'medium load': Front 2.0bar (30psi), rear 1.8bar (27psi)
'full load': 2.2 bar F & R (33psi)
Multijet models:
155/80R13 or 165/65R14 tyres
'medium load': Front 2.2bar (33psi), rear 1.8bar (27psi)
'full load': Front 2.3bar (35psi), rear 2.2bar (33psi)
4x4 petrol with 185/65R14 tyres
'medium load': Front 2.2bar (33psi), rear 2.0bar (30psi)
'full load': Front and rear 2.3bar (35psi)
100HP? My manual is too old for that!
Note that running tyres at just 3psi too low adds 5% to fuel consumption, increases tyre wear and reduces grip. Too high a pressure also reduces grip considerably. Pressures should only be checked or adjusted when the car is cold -- driving raises the pressure as the tyres get warm (Boyles law, if you can remember your physics). This means you shouldn't really drive to a petrol station t check or adjust them, unless its very close by.
by the way - medium load = driver and a passenger or luggage. Full load = 4 people plus luggage
Pete
All petrol engines (except 100HP and 4x4)
155/80R13 or 165/65R14 tyres
'medium load': Front 2.0bar (30psi), rear 1.8bar (27psi)
'full load': 2.2 bar F & R (33psi)
Multijet models:
155/80R13 or 165/65R14 tyres
'medium load': Front 2.2bar (33psi), rear 1.8bar (27psi)
'full load': Front 2.3bar (35psi), rear 2.2bar (33psi)
4x4 petrol with 185/65R14 tyres
'medium load': Front 2.2bar (33psi), rear 2.0bar (30psi)
'full load': Front and rear 2.3bar (35psi)
100HP? My manual is too old for that!
Note that running tyres at just 3psi too low adds 5% to fuel consumption, increases tyre wear and reduces grip. Too high a pressure also reduces grip considerably. Pressures should only be checked or adjusted when the car is cold -- driving raises the pressure as the tyres get warm (Boyles law, if you can remember your physics). This means you shouldn't really drive to a petrol station t check or adjust them, unless its very close by.
by the way - medium load = driver and a passenger or luggage. Full load = 4 people plus luggage
Pete
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Never heard of a Panda Graduette???
Normaly for a 1.1 it's an Active.
Herts Hillhopper has the answer though.
KozmoNaut
Member
The lowest-specced model in available in Denmark is called the Ciao. It's a 1.2 and specced somewhere between the Active and the Dynamic, features-wise. There's lots of difference from country to country.
In regards to tyre pressures, on my MJ I run 2.4 bar in front and 2.0 bar in back. Feels much better than the standard pressures and heaps better than 3.2 bar in all four tyres like it had when I got it
I've always put in 0.2 bar more than what the manual tells me. On my last car it made the tyres wear much more evenly and slightly improved my mileage.
doctorchris
Established member
HH and Scoobychris are both right in their own ways.
I believe that Scooby's conversion of Bar to PSI is more accurate and would recommend 29PSI front, 26PSI rear.
My daughter's 1.1 Active has run well on these pressures with even wear across the tyres.
I believe that Scooby's conversion of Bar to PSI is more accurate and would recommend 29PSI front, 26PSI rear.
My daughter's 1.1 Active has run well on these pressures with even wear across the tyres.
Bar vs. PSI -- just looked it up (rather than trying to remember)
1 bar = 14.5037738 pounds per square inch
So 1.8Bar = 26psi, 2.0 Bar = 29psi, 2.3Bar = 33.3psi
(So ScoobyChris was nearer!)
Also found this: warm tyres (as a result of driving) will have pressures typically 0.3Bar higher than when cold.
Pete
1 bar = 14.5037738 pounds per square inch
So 1.8Bar = 26psi, 2.0 Bar = 29psi, 2.3Bar = 33.3psi
(So ScoobyChris was nearer!)
Also found this: warm tyres (as a result of driving) will have pressures typically 0.3Bar higher than when cold.
Pete
ScoobyChris
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I have to confess I just used Google to convert the bar values (which is what I remember ).
I always try to do my tyres when cold, but I've heard the 0.3bar figure for "warm" tyres before. Whenever I've done my tyres when not cold, I've used it but have never managed to get the tyre pressure correct when the tyre cools down again. I guess I struggle to know exactly how you create a warm tyre by their definition
Chris
).I always try to do my tyres when cold, but I've heard the 0.3bar figure for "warm" tyres before. Whenever I've done my tyres when not cold, I've used it but have never managed to get the tyre pressure correct when the tyre cools down again. I guess I struggle to know exactly how you create a warm tyre by their definition
Chris
