Expert: Giacomo Fornè - 3/20/2005

Question
Hi Giacomo!

I am kind of confused about the tyre pressure for the front and back wheels of my 94 Toyota Corolla (Automatic, base model.) One mechanic told me to keep the tyre pressure at 34 (all 4 wheels) and another told me to keep it at 30 (all 4 wheels). What should be the ideal tyre pressure for all 4 wheels of this car?

Thanks in advance
Samir  

Answer
Hello,

34 is good. It's better to have a higher pressure instead of a low, because a low pressure tyre will warm much more, especially at full charge of the vehicle, resulting in the possibility to explode. The negative point of having a too high tyre pressure is that the tyre will worn itself in the center and not at the edges: tyre is like ( and not like [

Hope this helps!

Regards,
Jack