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Testing your CNG cylinder from HDIP
Editor’s note: A PW member, ahsanzs, who is more or less a technical guru recently took his CNG car for testing of his cylinder and posted the entire ordeal on PW forums. For your pleasure, I am presenting you his in-depth written article on his endeavor. Be sure to be on the safe side rather the dark one folks. On every fuel station there’s a big board telling us that they will not fill CNG in vehicles which have cylinder older than 5 years. And that according to Pakistan CNG rules 1992 everybody has to get their cylinder tested after …
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TYRE GUIDE #2: Nylon-belted or Steel-belted radials
NOTE: This article pertains to car tyres. Bicycle and motorcycle tyres ship only with polymer belts. The tyre is just like a human body. Just like our flesh and skin is supported by the skeleton, the flexible rubber is supported on a (skeleton) cage in the tyre. OK, the analogy may not be correct mostly, but it is the simplest as I can get. One may find himself confused between nylon belted tyres or for steel belted when buying tyres . Further puzzlement is caused by the shopkeeper who due to lack of comprehensive knowledge or due to the lack …
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Tyre Guide part 1: A note in favour of radial tyres.
NOTE: This article assumes you are buying tyres of the same size as those installed currently on your vehicle. If you are looking for wider/bigger tyres or alloy rims, Pakwheels will soon publish another article for that. This article is not a basic article. It focuses on products available in the local market rather than basics of tyre buying. It also assumes you are familiar with tyre size notation. If not, please see this. A note in favor of buying radial: I’d urge everybody to buy radial if they can. Although radial tyres are more expensive but they provide predictable …
