Low Pressure...Blowout

[Warstud]

Anyone know how low a tire must be in order to have a Blowout?

 

[Eddie]

Need more information. TOO many variables to even guess.

 

[Nick1994]

How fast are you going?
Weight/size of the vehicle?
Is it overloaded or unloaded?
How old are the tires?
Temperature outside?
Towing a trailer?

 

[gaijinnv]

Originally Posted By: Warstud
Anyone know how low a tire must be in order to have a Blowout?


Doesn't have to be low at all. Even with perfectly adjusted Cold Tire Inflation Pressure, a tire could have a "blowout."

HTH

 

[Pop_Rivit]

Originally Posted By: Warstud
Anyone know how low a tire must be in order to have a Blowout?


Anywhere from 1 psi to the recommended pressure. It can also have a blowout above the recommended pressure.

 

[fsskier]

Great answer, pop-rivet. The only way to completely avoid a blowout is to keep a tire at 0 psi. Problem solved!

 

[Rand]

Technically if you pulled a vacuum on it.. it would be a blow-in when it failed.

 

[Ducked]

Originally Posted By: Warstud
Anyone know how low a tire must be in order to have a Blowout?


There's no "must" here. Blowouts are still optional, though I get the impression that there'd be support for making them compulsory if the tyre was over 10 years old.

 

[Rolla07]

Originally Posted By: fsskier
Great answer, pop-rivet. The only way to completely avoid a blowout is to keep a tire at 0 psi. Problem solved!


The only way to avoid a blowout is by not using tires at all

 

[supton]

I've only ever had one blowout. Tire was at proper pressure, not over loaded. I had noticed it was out of balance the night before; and that morning I noticed a large bulge had formed. I put a few miles onto it (10 the night before, probably 5 that morning) before it blew, practically bead to bead.

I've seen some tires damaged from running underinflated, but somehow they managed to stay alive. I'd say, underinflated can go a surprisingly long time. Not that I recommend that, of course.

 

[eljefino]

My only blowout was a normally inflated tire that let go on a 95 degree day. It was on the rear of a saturn s-series and maybe had to hold up 500 lbs. My other flats have been from picking up nails and were controlled let-downs.

 

[GMFan]

In my 12 years of driving and ~200k miles of driving I've never experience a blowout while driving. Just a flat tire a couple of times.