Subject: RE: Roadside repairs
Author: Lannis
Date: Jan 22, 2004, 7:11 PM
Post ID: 1715831417
sam heath wrote:
from what i was told ,the tire inflators that use the compression of
the motor are a pain to use because you have to diconnect the gas from
the carb so you dont get gas fumes in the tube ,which could explode
| sam |
Sam -
No fear of that; those inflators don't work that way. You screw it into
a spark plug hole, where the compression from the engine works a piston
that pumps OUTSIDE air into your tire. The air/fuel mixture from your
engine vents to the outside, not into the inflated tire.
Lannis