Types And Wheels; Tyre Care; Tubeless Types; Tyre Wear - Volkswagen Golf Instruction Manual

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tyreS to your car, have a word with you-
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Using types of wheel andlor tyre which
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have not been aoproved by us can affect
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the vehicle under the Construction and
Use reg~lat~ons.
See "Wheel changing" on page 71.
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'Here are a
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general notes on tyres:
New tyres
New tyres can be "run in" (see also
section on "Safe driving").
Tyre pressures
The pressures are given in "Technical
Data" section on page 9 i and also on a
sticker on the left hand iock pillar.
The pressure &re i >r cold tyres and
must pot he redn:-erl
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5 1:hcck tyres for damage from tim? to
lime and rernove any fomign bodies
embeddedin treads.
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Keep ..~ii and gasoline off the tyres.
Try to avoid exposing tyres to intense
sunlight for I ,ng periods.
Replace m~ssing dust caps as soon as
possible.
Tubeless tyres
All tyres fitted at the factorl, are tube-
less.
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Tubeless tyres may only be fitted to the
standard double hump type safety
rims
Tubes should m i l : ~ e used in tubeless
tyres in an ernEy?rtcy.
When thls 1 s done, ensilre that abr trap-
ped between tube aqo can escape
from the valve
Tyre wear
Tyre life depends to a considerable extent
on the following factors:
Inflation pressure
Pressures which are too high or too
low shorten tyre life
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quite apart from
the detrimental influence on vehicle
hmdling. Low pressures can also caw
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a tyre to fail suddenly. Such tyres
flex much more at high speeds and
this causes excessive heat. This leads
to tread separation and may cause a
blowaut. The pressures should there-
iore be checked at regular intervals,
preferably when filling the petrol tank,
and rectified as necessary.
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Mode of driving
Fast cornering, hard acceleration and
violent braking also increase tyre wear.
Seasons of year and weather
Tread wear is higher when ambient
emperatures are high and the road
surface dry, than at lower temperatu-
res when roads are wet. The rubber is
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less resistant to friction when warm
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than when cold.
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Incorrect wheel alignment I
lncorrect wheel alignment causes
excessive wear of tvres usuallv on one
side and also detiacts from' vehicle
safe handling.