Hey Guys, ChrisFix here.
And today Im going to show you how to install
A tyre pressure monitoring system for your car or truck
The tyre pressure monitoring system also known as TPMS
Does exactly what it says.
It tells you the pressure of each tyre in your car
and lets you know if its getting to low.
when you need to use your car
most of the time, most people, me included, we just get in the car and go for our drive
but what you should really do, is do a quick walk around.
And check all your tyres to make sure they're not flat.
Make sure the car looks like it's in good shape to drive.
And in this case everything looks good.
Now with the Tyre pressure monitoring system.
Its telling me, Hey look that front right tyre is low on air.
And if were to take another look at the front right tyre.
It really doesn't look bad, yet the pressure is half of what it should be.
And with the TPMS you'll be that much safer on the road
Because you'll know your tyre pressures all the time.
And if ones low, Like in this situation, I'm not going to go out and drive on it
I'm going to fill it up with air.
Now a tyre pressure monitoring system like this, is an awesome feature to have.
And the reason I'm showing this to you
Because riding around on low tyres is dangerous.
Its actually so dangerous
And such a big problem in the United States
That in 2007
It Became mandatory, that every car made after 2007
Has a tyre pressure monitoring system built in.
So if your car is 2007 or later, go and check out your owners manual
and it will tell you all about your tyre pressure monitoring system.
Some systems like in my Ford Fiesta
Are just going to tell that your tyres are low
By illuminating a annoying light on the dashboard
And then you need to go figure out which tyres are low.
But some systems are pretty good
And it will actually give you the individual tyre pressures on each tyre.
Just like the one up on the screen
and just like this
now if you're like me, the 2 cars I drive
are older then 2007
I've got my 2001 truck
And my 1996 Corvette
SO right now if i want to go see what each pressure of my tyres are at, I need go down to each
Tyre, and take the valve stem cover off
And i have to get my tyre pressure gauge
And check each individual tyre.
And thats defiantly not convenient at all.
So whats the solution you might ask.
Well installing your very own tyre pressure monitoring sytem
Now this kit was sent to my P.O BOX
And thank you very much, because its hard to impress me, But I'm really loving this.
Not only is this going to be useful on the road, but when i air down and go off road
this is going to help me know where my tyre pressures are at
As usual ill leave a link down in the discription to where you can get this kit
So its easy to find if you're interested
Now let me go show you how to install this
You can add one of these after market tyre pressure monitoring systems to pretty much any vehicle
That has a tyre stem where you go fill up your air
And it works if you already have a tyre pressure monitoring system already and you want to upgrade
This kit has everything you need
you don't need any special tools or anything
and we'll start the installation by putting the screen in the cigarette lighter
So find your vehicles cigarette lighter, and this plugs right in
Just like that
And now its searching for a signal, so now we need to install the pressure sensors
Now in my vehicle the cigarette lighter always has power
But in your vehicle you may need to put the key in the ignition
and turn it to the run position like that
and then your Cigarette lighter should be powered
The next process is going to be repeated at all 4 wheels
I'm just going to do it at the front driver side wheel to show you
Before we go install the sensor, what you'll want to do is get all your tyre pressures the same.
for the stock tyre size, you can go into your door jam here
and there's a sticker and on this sticker it will tell you your tyre pressure for the front which is 30 PSI cold
and for the rear 30 PSI cold
You can also look on the tyre its self and this will give you the max pressure your tyre should be filled to
But i suggest going by what the door jam sticker says
So not only do we want to get the correct tyre pressure for our tyre
I also want to see how accurate our sensor is so i have my very accurate tyre pressure gauge right here
that i also check against these 2 gauges here
and they're all with in half a PSI
And we have exactly 30 PSI on the front
Now that we know the pressures correct, lets go install our pressure sensor
this is real simple, slide the dust boot over the stem
tighten down the security lock nut
and then grab the correct labeled sensor
In this case the front left sensor
And just tighten down till its snug and don't hear air leaking out anymore
Just like that
To prevent people from stealing the sensor
The nut you put on, tightens up against the sensor
And then you use a spanner and a wheel wrench to lock the sensor in place
So now this wont come off, unless you have these tools
which is a good thing, because now you can't steal it
But its also a pain because you have to keep this in your glove box
If you ever need to air up
Now the final step is to grab some soapy water
and just spray it down and look for bubbles
if there's bubbles, it means there's a leak
So you have to undo the nut and tighten this down more
this is what a leaking sensor looks like with bubbles forming
But with the sensor we just did i don't see any bubbles
so we can slide that dust cover over the sensor
And we are done !
Now just repeat these steps for each tyre
Putting the Dust boot on, Then lock nut, then the sensor and tighten it all down.
Its that easy !
Now that all the sensors are installed
Lets go inside and look at the screen
So with my testing at different pressures, my air pressure gauge is within 1 PSI of the TPMS
Which is pretty accurate, and our screen synced up to the correct pressures for each tyre
Now when you're driving along, the screen is right there, it's really easy to see
and you'll know exactly what pressure your tyres are at
If you're braking constantly, the front tyres are going to warm up faster
so the front brakes are going to create heat, heat up these tyres, every 10°F the air heats up in the tyre
you get +1 PSI
And the same thing goes for when its cold in the morning
For every 10°F the temperature goes down, you're going to see -1 PSI less
And if 1 tyre goes down below 20 PSI where it starts getting dangerous
The sensor will let you know by beeping, Just like this
Now after you've finished driving and you pull the key out of the ignition
on my car, this cigarette lighter is always hot, there's always power
The cool thing about this is it shuts off, just like that because it knows the cars off
So now it won't be draining my battery
Hopefully you learnt something new about tyre pressure
And also how to install your own tyre pressure sensors
Any time i come across cool stuff that I really like
that i think you guys are going to like I'm going to share it with you and this is one of them
As always links to the products i use are located in the description so you can easily find them and check them out your self
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oh yeah, One last thing
Don't forget to put your wrenches inside your glove compartment