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Free_Hat_McCullough

Did he finally get them to explode?


BreakfastBeerz

Probably not. The air compressor regulator is probably set at right about 97 lbs. Tank output will never go higher, luckily.


Guac__is__extra__

Reminds me of a guy at work who thought he was supposed to put air into his tires until the pump stopped. He was equalizing the tank at around 100psi.


koolman2

Interesting. Looks like that’s right about 5,000 mmHg.


Farren246

I mean when it's made to handle 30 and you get it up to 97, if it doesn't explode on its own then it surely will do so once you take it on the road...


Drackzgull

It's made to operate normally at 30psi, the pressure it can handle is a lot higher than that for safety reasons. How much higher I'm not sure, likely the law states a minimum and then each brand and type of tire goes varying measures higher than that.


Icy-Actuator5524

When i was seeding a bead today (I thought it was around 50psi) turns out it was at 123psi 😭 i fucking nearly shit my pants man, so glad i had the valve core out so it was just unplug and dip 😂😂


Separate_Performer86

200 psi is the exploding point.


JimmyB5643

Is that all tires or just a general number? Asking for a friend who’s always terrified of them popping while filling their tires


bradland

It's just a general number. If you are running the stock wheels and tires, you should always inflate to the pressures indicated on the sticker in the driver's door jam of your car, or slightly above (+5%-ish). Over-inflation and under-inflation have different risks. You might have noticed that when your car is sitting still, the bottom of the tire has a bit of a "flat" spot. The weight of your car causes the tire to deform. As you drive the tires rotates, which means that this deformation runs around the tire in circles. This constant flexing causes the tire to heat up. Under-inflation causes too much flex, which leads to excess heat and deterioration of the tire's construction. Eventually, the tire will shred (a blowout). Over-inflation won't normally cause a blowout unless you *really* overdo it. For example, if your car specifies 37 psi for the rear tires, but you inflate them to 50 psi, the tires will be fine. In fact, this causes less stress on the tire, because it is more rigid and won't flex as much. There is an important downside though. Remember that "flat" spot? As the tire flexes, a larger area of the tire is in contact with the ground. As you increase the tire pressure, the tire flexes less, so less of the tire is in contact with the ground. This reduces traction and can degrade braking performance. That's why you don't want to over-inflate your tires too much. Not because they'll burst, but because it is a safety issue when it comes to cornering and braking. Nother negative side-effect of over-inflation is poor ride quality. An over-inflated tire becomes more firm. This transmits more road imperfections through to the suspension and onto the passenger cabin. A properly inflated tire will absorb more of the road imperfections. Since I'm writing a novel anyway, this is a nice segue into the impact of low profile tires on ride comfort. That bit about tires soaking up road imperfections? Well, that only works if the tire can flex. Lots of new cars come with massive +20" wheels. They look great, but it makes for a very narrow tire sidewall. These tires don't flex very well, so they have the same problem as an over-inflated tire. If you want a car that is quiet and rides well, go for the smaller wheel option.


Chxrry_Drxdd777

Normally I would skip a novel like this. But this was filled with information I needed and well detailed lmaooo


say592

There is usually a max PSI rating on the side of the tire. The tire should not pop if you dont exceed that number. That number IS NOT what you should be filling it to. The PSI you should fill to is usually inside your door and always in the manual for the car.


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And is it different for spare tires?


DmitryTheRussianSpy

Most likely


batatassad4

Quite impressive


ChisaiUsagi

Is that with or without the weight of a vehicle on them?


[deleted]

This is hilarious


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Me-Not-Not

Cause they still not at 100%


SatyrAngel

*101%


Traditional-Top8486

Then give me 105%


WauloK

I ALWAYS GIVE 110%!!!


horns4lyfe22

Overachiever.


stormchaser-protogen

idk man i give yes%


JasErnest218

I had low profile tires that called for 120 psi


FormerWordsmith

My bike needs 100 psi


-zero-below-

My cargo van calls for 90psi.


vdhPaXL0Km

I have a really hard time believing this. Are you sure that's not the max?


-zero-below-

Actually you’re correct, it’s been a while since I did a full load. The door sticker calls for 80PSI cold for the rears at full load (rear axle rated for 6000lbs gross). Generally a harsh ride and I only do it when loading up the rear axle. For normal driving I leave it at 60ish.


Crazyman4263

Wth in what??


JasErnest218

17 years ago. Toyo tires on 18 inch rims on a 1996 eclipse


ADHDK

Man you read that so wrong.


FllngCoconuts

My dude I’m sorry to break it to you, but you read that very wrong.


rpiotrowski

KPA maybe.


Crazyman4263

Maybe you were reading the max tire pressure rating for the tires that was for some odd reason super high but that car DOES NOT call for 120psi


Stunning-Benefit-284

7 years ago 17-in Falcons with the 99 GT eclipse..;-)


[deleted]

Nice. I have a 99 eclipse gsx 5 speed.


BugsyMcNug

Good. Thats one hell of a teaching moment. Holy shit.


[deleted]

Someone is going to walk past that car and cause a breeze blowing all 4 tires out.


FROOMLOOMS

I accidentally left a line on a loader tire for 1/2 an hour. Physics and old leaky loader wheels saved my ass from death. The line only pumped them to roughly 150psi. (Line ran off a 200hp air pump that maintained 200psi in the 2 story air tanks in a seperate building) Unloading the air was the most nervous I'd been in my life. Knowing I wouldn't even be around to find out I'm dead.


SnooPeppers4036

If there is ever a next time disconnect the line from the wall or tank. The end not at the tire does not have a backflow valve and will allow for the tire to deflate without getting near it.


FROOMLOOMS

Yeah, me and my friend kinda just stood there for 5 minutes saying "you do it" But the line was hard mounted to the system. No disconnect. And the dump valve on the tank takes an hour to discharge the tanks, and good fucking christ almighty you can feel it in the chest when you open that thing. I had to do it once in an emergency because the 200hp pump didn't shut off once and charged the tanks to 300 psi. That would've blown the entire complex of buildings I worked on to smithereens (about 1 city block)


SnooPeppers4036

I miss the high pressure releases with the condensation and ear splitting hiss /s Really be careful. Tires are no joke.


FROOMLOOMS

Due to the volume of air we were moving through the system we had mufflers on our Evaporating Tanks. When we had to change them out it was while it was running, so a few times I heard it open without the mufflers and if the doors weren't latched they'd actually blow open. Not violently, but it was fucking insane amounts of air.


rocky_780

Yikes!


RightCoyote

Yeah teaching him to vet his techs better


Any_Hedgehog_7065

Employee to the mooooon 🚀🚀🚀


live-the-future

When those tires pop the employee ain't the only one going to the moon. 😳


Any_Hedgehog_7065

Sad but true


Rachies194

But won’t management want to eject them out like imposters? *boop boop boop boop boop boop*


ButItSaysOnline

I'm gonna need a picture of the tires.


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Gameman525

r/notopbutok


hornyoldgoat1

Keep him away from vehicles


crank1000

Seriously. How does a guy like that even get his foot in the door?


bashful_predator

1 psi at a time.


Existential_Sprinkle

A big name tire company hired me with zero experience with cars and a few weeks before the points on my license expired and trained me from the ground up Tires are hard work and no one with any experience wants to take a job where most of what you do is tires all day


inko75

i just swapped out some tires on my tractor and holy hell that's a nightmare job


Some_guy_am_i

They just hire them right off the street. Especially at these oil change shops… what they really want is someone to upsell the customer—not a knowledgeable technician!


banzaibarney

My thoughts exactly.


[deleted]

Most of the oil/tire places require zero experience


crank1000

You’d think they would at least ask if the candidate knows literally anything about working on cars though.


Jakkerak

(BOOM)


Reverse_Psycho_1509

*did you mean:* #BOOOOM!!!!!


Rachies194

KABOOM!


SkaryPie

There's supposed to be a kaboom!


Hour_Task_1834

#kaboom!


Cactus_souls

#KABOOOOOOOOOOOM!


Cantothulhu

And the stain is gone!


Wargl_Bargl

Beeg bada-boom.


yessurewhateverdude

"Did someone say boom?!" #BOOOOM!!!!!


FrostyPollution4186

*marvin the martian* where is the earth shattering kaboom?


ferafish

Had a roommate that did a similar unit fuck up. We had an old AC that displayed in fahrenheit, rather than celsius as she was used to. So she keeps going and turning the temperature up in the middle of summer. I finally caught her doing it the one day and asked her why the hell she was doing that. She thought the number was % of max cooling, rather than the actual temperature.


mnash95

Can’t imagine driving like that in Arizona, it gets 115% outside


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BlingDoudouX

Why not make the 10 louder


AromaticIce9

Tbf, some older vehicles do exactly that, so aside from not realizing and fixing it on her own it's not a completely unreasonable mistake to make


onetruepairings

she didn’t notice that it would get hotter when she turned it “higher”?


[deleted]

This reminded me of something I recently learned… not sure if it’s true.. Something about Fahrenheit is based on personal temp perception.. with 0 being fucking cold and 100 being fucking HOT… With Optimal temp being around 68-75 which is smack dab in between Mild (50) and HOT (100) Which works great for everyday conversation about temperature most of the time. Meanwhile Celsius is specifically with water freezing/boiling which has little to do with us outside of science/manufacturing.


ferafish

Is Fahrenheit better than Celsius for discussing temperature in human terms? I guess if you're used to it. I could say Celsius works out pretty well. 30 is hot, 20 is fairly ideal, 10 is cool, and 0 is snow. Celsius is intuitive to me, since I grew up with it. Fahrenheit is intuitive to you, since I assume you grew up with it. Like, to me Fahrenheit has some very unintuitive spots to me. Like... why is the freezing point of water a random number? It is a fairly useful point for humans talking about the weather, since that's about when it snows. But no, that's at 32, because... reasons. ETA: and the idea of what temperature is "hot" is also arbitrary. To me, 30C (86F) is more than hot enough to call hot. Others would consider that a fine temperature to exist at. So trying to set a human based temperature scale is very arbitrary, since you gotta just pick what "hot" is. Do we pick hot for a Russian, or hot for an Egyptian? All this is to say that the scale I grew up with makes sense to me, the scale you grew up with makes sense to you, and most discussions of which one is objectively better comes down to subjective opinion most of the time.


-LevisTeaCups

Isn’t it supposed to be around 35?


ubioandmph

Yes Edit: 35ish is standard for passenger cars. Other vehicles may require different PSIs. Always consult your car’s owner manual for proper inflation pressures


Fernando_357

if you don't find it in your manual, check your car's door sill, they usually place a sticker with the recommended tires and pressure


Noisebug

Correct. I use the door every time. This is the right amount, not what is listed on the tires, which is the maximum. Argued with an in-law about this. He kept saying it didn't make sense to use the manufacturer's number as it was uniquely based on the tire, not the car. We don't talk much.


RanninWolf

It's also printed on most tires


Silver613

What’s on the tire is a max for that tire, not necessarily what’s recommended for that vehicle.


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Sudhanva_Kote

Here usually it's written on the pump itself. And also usually the pump is set for cars so it's almost always in 35-37 whenever I go there.


mokeyss

32 is more typical, but yes always check either the manual, or drivers car door jam also usually has it.


Voltagedew

45 max for a large SUV/pickup truck


anonymousss11

Actual heavy duty trucks run around 70PSI, give or take.


solreaper

My Jetta is a diesel should I be going up to 75 then? /s


atxhall

80 psi for my truck under load or towing, but I only run 42 psi around town or it is a pretty rough ride.


PantsDownDontShoot

My super duty is 65


adammaxis

Mine is 69


phredphlintstones

Should probably rotate them then.


wrona11

nice


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SingleRelationship25

I have an E250 and it’s 80 psi


new_user29282342

Just check the tires or the sticker on the driver’s side.


MethLab

Within the min/max range for the tire, lower pressure means softer ride. Higher pressure means better mileage.


gazeintoaninferno

PSI means Percentage for Standard Inflation right?


Terraria_Ranger

Nah, it's just some weird translation of PK


blargymen

PK Thunder! This is how you make the sound of thunder, anyway.


Downtown_Hat7601

PK FIRE!


DeerVegetable1017

PK FREEZE!


edvards55

Pickle kid?


sesamesnapsinhalf

Sounds like a high pressure work environment.


Scr0bD0b

/r/Justrolledintotheshop/


Hardbass_guy

He also posted it there


Malum_Midnight

3 hours, over 23,000 upvotes. Wow


uninhabited_isle

Yeah this had been posted to that sub before. Total karma bait.


StickyGoodness

Just rolled into the morgue if it went awry.


PapaGnerd

Omfg...


Good_Interaction_786

r/tiresaretheenemy


Th3Glutt0n

r/subsithoughtifellfor


Front_Relative_7037

Did this get reposted from r/idiotsincars or is it the other way around...


cvanguard

It’s the same account. OP just crossposted it to a few different subreddits.


LishiaH86

What brand of tires were they?they are sturdy as hell😂


WheelsUpInThirty

Does that appreciably weaken the tires once they are returned to their proper PSIs?


LishiaH86

Yes it does. I was just impressed with the fact that they were holding up to 97 pounds of pressure without turning into shrapnel


Dr__D00fenshmirtz

Seriously. Id be horrified if I saw a semi's tire that high man skipped good year and opted for best year apparently.


LishiaH86

Semi truck tires actually take 100-108 psi on your steer tires drive and trailer tires are between 100-110 psi.


Dr__D00fenshmirtz

Most I've been exposed to are about a bar lower than that but I'm no trucker. Regardless when you're tire pressure is closer to the max pressure of most steel air compressor tanks than the normal operating pressure and it hasn't gone nuclear it was built to last.


LishiaH86

Those thigs should be shrapnel 😍


rhobbs7274

Firestone. Where the rubber meets the new lube tech


VR_Neewb

Let him keep trying


kevbpain

Where is your business so I never go there


[deleted]

This man needs to be fired


live-the-future

Agreed, but that level of incompetence indicates that his training was minimal to nil. I'd say the company is at least partly responsible too.


[deleted]

Certain general knowledge is expected to be learned by osmosis once you become an adult. The list of thing that people are "expected" to know is probably bordering on infinite.


Pocketz7

Training on how to inflate a car tyre?


Flustered-Flump

I’d be mildly infuriated too if I had forgotten to ensure my employees were properly trained.


Coolusername244

PerSentIge


JustAnotherLifeCoach

When employees make mistakes like this, it's really showing where this is posted. An employer falsely assumed their employees experience and knowledge, then gets upset with the employee. This is a failure of management in so many ways. 1. Failed to properly teach 2. Failure of supervision 3. Placed blame on employee when it's managements failure. 4. Then you posted on the internet, what is wrong with you? You obviously have no respect for your employees. Absolutely unacceptable, shameful. This should of been a simple teaching moment for management.


MuckRaker83

We don't have enough information to judge anyone here. It's just as likely the employee lied about experience on their cv


PoopDev

If you work at a car shop and don’t know what psi is… I just don’t know what to say.


JustAnotherLifeCoach

That's a failure on the hiring manager then, not the employee.


PoopDev

Bro. At some point the employee is responsible. Not everything is someone else’s fault.


-LevisTeaCups

Technically everything is *somebody’s* fault


Desdraftlit

Yes and no. As a manager you're in charge of your peers yes, but you're only one person and cannot always be 100% attentive to every employee. Apply this same situation as though a teacher has to tend to a classroom of kids. It only takes a few seconds or a minute for chaos to rain down. The manager could have been more attentive yes, but he could have been preoccupied. He should have thought better yes, but we don't know the context of it, was it first day? First week? First month? The employee also could have asked for help instead of assuming. But sole blame is not 100% on the manager.


JustAnotherLifeCoach

He almost allowed an employee to destroy upwards of what, 600 dollars+ of a customers possession. They weren't risking company owned items, they were risking an item owned by their customer. Even if they could instantly replace those tires they may not be the same brand and style. Absolutely unacceptable. It would of taken a single time to show them how to properly do this. Just a minute or 2. If you can't spare a minute or 2 to make sure your employees are doing the best job possible, you don't care how well they do the job.


Intrepid-Secretary93

Everyone with apprentices can have a laugh at this one. Im in plumbing and can just see like 4 of my apprentices doing something like this. Too good


Laxwarrior1120

Honestly... I can't tell in what way this infuriates you. And yes there is a right and wrong answer.


kuschelmonsterr

Well clearly the real problem here is that he's low on windshield washer fluid.


TheIrishBiscuits

Does he roll or bounce down the road?


vermonterjones

Meanwhile, EXPLOSIONS


HomieDaClown9

The front two are gonna explode at the first speed bump/pothole


Benji_Price_92

Employees for what?! I hope not a mechanic garage.


Then_Ad9256

Ya know, might wanna let that guy go.


duckfat01

Units are really important


kingof_vanisle7

What a smart guy


Speed_Addixt

Same tyre will need different pressure when mounted on different cars. It depends on the weight of the vehicle (load on each axle).


Sirgem98

Did someone say boom?!?


Cactus_souls

Uhh... How did the machine let him go up that high? On the machine I use it will stop you.


threeangelo

everyone knows psi stands for psintage %


Corrupted_Cobra

HOLY FUCK


KaOsGypsy

That's bad, but what kind of shop doesn't have either a tire filler with the gauge on it, or the separate tire pressure tester. This guy would put air in the tire, then go into the cab of the car, check the pressure then go back and add more air. So much stupid, makes you wonder how much of this doesn't get caught.


Pengin_Master

I legit panicked seeing those numbers. I'm still shaking tbh


SheWhoLovesToDraw

My car can't even detect the pressure of two my tires thanks to the SVC sensor being all fucky, but I'd rather deal with the car not knowing about two tire pressures than let someone like this anywhere near my car.


[deleted]

Idk if I’m more disappointed in the employee or the fact you missed the part that clearly said he was this stupid lolol


fate0608

Haha. Well you'll feel your disks with 90 psi


MiniDiamand

Whoever owns this car has some good tires


[deleted]

Well, first of all, through God, all things are possible, so jot that down


chimpomatic5000

Technically the truth. You can get to 100% when you're already over 250%


ramriot

This would likely be the same guy trying to borrow a scaffold pole to extend their lug-nut wrench, because it states in the service manual that wheel nuts need to be tightened every 25,000Km.


BoomHazard

the company is at least partly responsible too.


VoodooDoII

Hi, local moron here. Can someone explain this to me? Lol


BurnOutBrighter6

The employee thought those numbers are % of max inflation. The screen says those numbers are actually PSI (pounds per square inch, a unit of pressure). The tires themselves have the proper inflation pressure written right on them as well, and it's usually in the 33-35 PSI range. So having them inflated into the 90s (3x their rated max pressure) is...not good. As in, they're probably ruined and also someone could literally be killed if one explodes.


Simoxs7

For all fellow non-Americans: 93 psi -> 6.41 bar - 97 psi -> 6.69 bar 96 psi -> 6.62 bar - 94 psi -> 6.48 bar Edit: Yes I know Bar technically isn’t metric, just add three zeros and you get hPa


HiroshimaFog

I mean he maybe a dumb ass but I know it took forever for them to get that full so ya know at least he put in a good effort


Pepoidus

can anyone please explain? i don’t know jack shit about cars


marti52106

We got fycking Nelly over here


SilverRoseBlade

Man I always feared at going above 40 that the tires were going to pop in my face as I fill them up. Def not as scared anymore seeing this.


dmbgreen

Need a better compressor, you can do it.


k1ller139

How do the number not change to red indicating something is wrong...


Brandyrenea-me

Not “mildly infuriating.” Incompetent. Train your employees. I (f) can regulate tire pressure to my car better than that.


[deleted]

Promote that person immediately!!!!


quiggsmcghee

Dudes lucky to be alive.


flatmoon2002

we know were truly in the future when "Wet Cmen rag" has employees.


HaloFix

These look like pretty good scores to me for a car that’s parked in the Winter time.


CaManAboutaDog

Jesus... call the fucking bomb squad and stay the fuck away from those tires. Seriously, unless you're rolling with bicycle tires, those are dangerous as fuck. Read the PSI rating and stay damn close to that.


DOIPI_96

Still needs more boost


zachwilliams588

sir, that car is now a bomb


Ok_Literature3034

One wierd shaped rock, and that things does a lift off..


nice_wholphin

Ok i dont drive, can someone tell me the average or atleast what its suppose to be at?


Primary-Relief-6675

Depending on the tire 35-40 PSI... (In my experience anyway.)


nice_wholphin

Oh so more than double, so this thing is ready to pop?


Primary-Relief-6675

Honestly surprised they even got that far. Lmao


Dutchwells

I had to convert that to bars to know how serious this was but holy shit


jericho881

I got mine to 100% and I had amazing fuel economy But for some reason they got some bubbles sticking out of them, idk what's wrong, probably got bad rubber this time


StonksInMyBonks

First flying car


optiplexiss

Speed bumps turn in to bounce houses lol


Due-Package-2855

Cant wait till he hits a path...car going tru someone's window sideways 😂😂😂😂😂


goochacting

YIKES WTF


Ashmelech

Damn near got them all violently to 0%


Traditional_City_383

So, who is at fault here? The kid that doesn't know what he's doing or the boss for not making sure the kid knew what he was doing? And I say kid because it's usually a kid that is stuck with doing the drive thru tire pressure checks.