Air hoses that shoot water into your tires

[lowrange]

I've had this happen before, I'm at Loves trying to air up my tires and there's a ton of moisture coming out with the air. Jiggle it around a little and the water shoots out like a hose! Why does that do that? How do you avoid that?

[thebaldeagle655]

This is caused by poor (no) maintenance of their air system. They probably don't have a dryer inline and never bleed the tanks. This is also the reason you go to Love's and other places so often and find their compressors out of service, lack of maintenance. How do yo avoid it? Air your tires only at a truckstop that has either/or a mechanical bay or tire shop onsite. These usually have the same air supply as the fuel islands and since they use the air for impacts and other tools are maintained better. Otherwise, use your onboard air system of your truck. It is filtered and goes water proof (at least supposed to be if maintained)

[lowrange]

This is caused by poor (no) maintenance of their air system. They probably don't have a dryer inline and never bleed the tanks. This is also the reason you go to Love's and other places so often and find their compressors out of service, lack of maintenance. How do yo avoid it? Air your tires only at a truckstop that has either/or a mechanical bay or tire shop onsite. These usually have the same air supply as the fuel islands and since they use the air for impacts and other tools are maintained better. Otherwise, use your onboard air system of your truck. It is filtered and goes water proof (at least supposed to be if maintained)

Hey, thanks. I hate that! It's like these places that have angled air nozzles that don't allow you to reach the inside tires! Clueless!

The TA often has no air. I've got a hose that I can hook to my brakeline but it's erratic over 100psi. Sometimes, the tire pressure will actually fall if I'm pumping over 100 psi. I like to run 105 but to get that after driving a bit, I might have to pump 110 or 112 psi

[GMAN]

You could buy a hose that connects to your glad hand and air your tires up from your truck air compressor. I believe that they cost about $25 for a 50 ft hose.

[TomB985]

Dumb question...but will a little water hurt anything?

[lowrange]

Dumb question...but will a little water hurt anything?

I'll let someone else answer that, but if you get that nozzle just right, the water can just stream in there like a hose. It gets ridiculous

[Kranky]

When it comes to airing up your tires, the less moisture in the air, the better.

Most reputable tire shops have moisture traps on the air lines they use to inflate tires.

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[wburton]

Water inside a steel wheel, scratch, starts to rust. Aluminum starts corrosion. Cold weather and sitting and you have a big lump of ice throwing things out of balance. The ice can also start to beat up things - inside of the tire, valve stem. Other than that???

[TomB985]

Water inside a steel wheel, scratch, starts to rust. Aluminum starts corrosion. Cold weather and sitting and you have a big lump of ice throwing things out of balance. The ice can also start to beat up things - inside of the tire, valve stem. Other than that???

Makes sense...just curious, that's all .

[GMAN]

I blew a tire earlier this year that had some water in it when the guy changed it. I can't help but wonder if the heat build up in summer could have caused additional pressure with the water, much like boiling water. The steam built up pressure and blew the tire apart. It is just a theory.

[Mr. Ford95]

From what I've seen with our older air compressor that puts out water, it can destroy anything that requires air to operate it. Shop has filters in place and drains the water traps every day, water still tends to come thru and has already ruined at least 1 air ratchet, 1 air gun and nearly took an air sander down. Water is very bad and yes, water in your tires is very bad.

[lowrange]

I blew a tire earlier this year that had some water in it when the guy changed it. I can't help but wonder if the heat build up in summer could have caused additional pressure with the water, much like boiling water. The steam built up pressure and blew the tire apart. It is just a theory.

Interesting. It's the heated moisture in a kernel of corn that causes it to 'pop'.

I'm going to watch this from now on. I've been amazed (horrified) at how much water some of these air hoses shoot out.

[DragginMan]

The way I solved this problem was to buy my own air line that glad-hands to the truck air. $20-$30. Before I bought this I was having to push the air chuck nipple in to express the water out, sometimes took a while, sometimes not. The reason I finally bought my own line was the problem of finding air at all. Now I got air on demand and its clean n dry.

[lowrange]

The way I solved this problem was to buy my own air line that glad-hands to the truck air. $20-$30. Before I bought this I was having to push the air chuck nipple in to express the water out, sometimes took a while, sometimes not. The reason I finally bought my own line was the problem of finding air at all. Now I got air on demand and its clean n dry.

Like I said earlier, over 100 psi and I can't get mine to work. I have no idea why, the gauges in my truck go up to like 130psi. It is too hard to find air, and I'm not ready to lay out the cash for Crossfires. If I could get it to work off my gladhands, I'd just do that. What kind of pressures do you pump?

[YerDaddy]

lowrange your air governor might be set a bit too low. Or the system pressure is down almost to the point of kicking in the compressor to build it back up to 120. Try bleeding off some more air from the truck until the compressor kicks in. Then when the dryer spits it's at full pressure. Should be 120.

Air your tires in the morning before you start driving and before the sun shines on them. You shouldn't have to be told this!

And 105 is too much air unless you run over 75 MPH steady or haul extremely overloaded where each tire bears more than 6,000 lbs. (that's 6,000 x 8 tires = 48,000 on a set of tandems!)
105 would be ok for steers on a setback front end.

If you run rock-hard tires for better mpg, you are sacrificing safety. Check the tire mfrs. load/inflation tables for proper tire inflation pressures for the maximum load you carry.

[lowrange]

lowrange your air governor might be set a bit too low. Or the system pressure is down almost to the point of kicking in the compressor to build it back up to 120. Try bleeding off some more air from the truck until the compressor kicks in. Then when the dryer spits it's at full pressure. Should be 120.

Air your tires in the morning before you start driving and before the sun shines on them. You shouldn't have to be told this!

And 105 is too much air unless you run over 75 MPH steady or haul extremely overloaded where each tire bears more than 6,000 lbs. (that's 6,000 x 8 tires = 48,000 on a set of tandems!)
105 would be ok for steers on a setback front end.

If you run rock-hard tires for better mpg, you are sacrificing safety. Check the tire mfrs. load/inflation tables for proper tire inflation pressures for the maximum load you carry.

My gauges read 120 and I have the engine running and often I still can't seem to add pressure over 100psi

I just picked 105 for better fuel economy but haven't dared run the 110-115 I've heard others have. I don't know anything about it, really.