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Under pressure
I know that if you have a puncture, you either have to seal the hole or change the wheel, but what happens if you go to leave the site or your car park and find your tyre is nearly flat? If you drive your motorhome like this, you stand a good chance of ruining your tyre.
So, the answer is to always carry a tyre pump, but how many of us do? It’s either at home or in your car.
Anyway, what I am getting to is what kind of tyre inflater do you buy? Most only run for a short time before cutting out, and you have to wait for the pump to cool down.
The next questions are about how robust a pump you need. What psi do you require? Has any ’van owner any advice on this subject?
Mike
ED I use a foot pump, it inflates to 120 psi and I don’t have to worry about the battery or the length of the cable. There are heavy-duty devices that should be fit for purpose, and then there are the ones that the reader speaks of. We would say that anything is better than nothing and, if you have to be patient to save your tyre, be patient.
Mike says he bought a Ring RAC610 but it would only do one tyre before it cut out. After a while, when it had cooled down, it started working again.
If other motorhomers have any input, do get in touch and we’ll forward your tips on.
My mind in the gutter!
I would like to comment on the letter, Injection Issues (February, p19). I have seen it suggested that now when injectors are changed (my 22-registered Chausson S697 had all four changed in Sept 2023 now with five years’ warranty), software is reprogrammed to completely close off the air inlet to the injectors, reducing corrosion due to long hours with no use.
Is there any truth in certain forecourts having poor-quality fuel? I can see issues with the occasional cause of contamination but, in my area (Portsmouth/Southampton) don’t the various suppliers come from the same refinery, ie, Fawley, or is there good or poor-quality fuel going to different customers.
It seems all later-model Ford Transits have been manufactured with a very crudely designed and applied front windscreen gutter. The only way to fix this (if you do not want water dripping from window/gutter into the engine bay) is:
1. Completely remove said gutter (the offside wiper arm has to be removed), then clean thoroughly where the wiper sits and 200mm on the outer lower edge of each windscreen. Use alcohol-like industrial methylated spirit (IMS). Add
