I have a screw lodged in my back left tire, which obviously causes it to slowly leak air. Today I noticed a loud clicking noise during acceleration from that area and also noticed that I cannot accelerate nearly as quickly as before. I could barely make it up a small incline back to my house. Could this noise and trouble accelerating be related to the low air in my tire (it was at 11 psi. I wasn't aware until now that it was losing air so rapidly.)
2007-09-20 09:42:08 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
my car is a '91 Chevy Lumina Euro. Not sure of the tire size...
2007-09-20 09:59:59 · update #1
Running low air pressure on the rear is not a problem that could cause the other symptom unless your ride has power to the rear axle.
In which case prolonged driving on one under inflated tire can ruin the differential.
It is better to run over inflated then under, because many blow-outs are the result of a tire over heating-- this can be caused by an under inflated tire. To say it another way- under inflated tires can cause a blowout (and this can result in severe body and property damage).
2007-09-20 09:49:54 · answer #1 · answered by teamepler@verizon.net 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's hard to say, but a tire at 11psi will have a very high rolling resistance, and an effectively smaller diameter which would definitely affect performance.
You're very fortunate the tire didn't go flat. When the pressure in a tire is that low, there's not much holding the tire to the bead of the wheel.
2007-09-20 09:48:00 · answer #2 · answered by Galaxie500XL 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well first of all what car and tire size do u have in the case of a new care they come with air censers that will tell u if u need air.;Also if tour tire in in good shape make sure that where ever u take it they do the right thing if the tire is in good shape they have to patch the tire this will go a better job in the case of the tire being old they should put a plug this is cheaper.
2007-09-20 09:53:43 · answer #3 · answered by diegoswheels 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it will actually lower your mileage because the engine will have to do more work getting bigger tires up to speed from each stop. Other than that, the engine will compensate for the the change in mechanical advantage by spending more time in lower gear. Work=torque*times angular velocity of tire. Angular velocity decreases for a given speed, but torque increases in proportion, so work is the same.
2016-05-19 04:49:10 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well yes it is related n a way when u have low air pressure it will slow u down alot. my advice to u is get a new tire
2007-09-20 09:49:28 · answer #5 · answered by deejay 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
thats whats doing it. why not get your tire fixed you may need the car in an emergency and you will have a flat to deal with
2007-09-20 09:46:37 · answer #6 · answered by bungee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Air up your tire, and drive it again.
If it gets better, then that was the problem......
2007-09-20 10:25:43 · answer #7 · answered by Mr. KnowItAll 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋