Hi

 

I'm running 16" Nokian winter tyres on my 06 estate. I was wondering if folk use a different pressure with winter tyres to those printed on the inside of the fuel cap cover/advised by Skoda?

 

Thanks

Yes, usually 0.2 BAR above stated pressures.

On our Yeti, normal tyres run at 2.2 BAR, winters at 2.4

Agree.  Run winter tyres at 0.2 bar (around 3psi) more than specified for summer tyres.

Handbook says 10% higher (as above)

Handbook says 10% higher (as above)

My handbook states  -

"The inflation pressures for winter tyres are 20 kPa (0.2 bar) higher

than those for summer tyres"

what is the speed limit of winter tyres I get a rather worrying wobble at high high high speeds

You shouldn't get any wobbling

Get them checked

You shouldn't get any wobbling

Get them checked

Agreed.  They shouldn't wobble.

The speed code letter on you tyres tells you their maximum speed.  See:

http://www.blackcircles.com/general/speedrating

 

Cheers all

I have a set of Nokian 205/55/16 WR A3 tyres fitted to my 2010 Skoda Octavia Scout 2.0PD TDi on steel wheels.  I emailed Nokian direct and they came back with this;

 

I recommedn to Skoda :

 

1-3 pers             260 kPa / 270 kPa

 

Full                     260 kPa / 290 kPa

 

Max pressure shoudn’t go over 300 kPa.

 

BR :

 

M.Morri

Tech cust service

 

To get Bar pressure divide by 100!  The 300kPa maximum pressure was reference settings for an after market TPM system I have installed.

I realise these pressures are much higher than those quoted by Skoda, but Nokian do make the tyre.  If there were issues with the tyre, your complaint is with Nokian, not Skoda.

34 PSI all round for my winters.

Front : 36 psi

Rear : 32 psi (34 psi for full load)

Continental WinterContact TS830 205x55x16

I have a set of Nokian 205/55/16 WR A3 tyres fitted to my 2010 Skoda Octavia Scout 2.0PD TDi on steel wheels.  I emailed Nokian direct and they came back with this;

 

I recommedn to Skoda :

 

1-3 pers             260 kPa / 270 kPa

 

Full                     260 kPa / 290 kPa

 

Max pressure shoudn’t go over 300 kPa.

 

BR :

 

M.Morri

Tech cust service

 

To get Bar pressure divide by 100!  The 300kPa maximum pressure was reference settings for an after market TPM system I have installed.

I realise these pressures are much higher than those quoted by Skoda, but Nokian do make the tyre.  If there were issues with the tyre, your complaint is with Nokian, not Skoda.

I always ran my Nokians(WR-G2s) at a high pressure - seemed to work well, no problem of uneven wear and very good economy

You shouldn't get any wobbling

Get them checked

My wobble!

When its double digit temp - lol

"To get Bar pressure divide by 100!"

Well, obviously!  But what is the use of that information?

What people want to know is how to convert to PSI, a much more useful conversion which Skoda for some odd reason do not provide.

1 bar = more-or-less 1 standard atmosphere or very roughly 'normal atmospheric pressure' = around 14.5 PSI; say 15 PSI in round figures.

So the simple anwer to what the OP asked is: Skoda recommend that winter tyres should be inflated 0.2 bar (3 PSI) more than summer tyres.