W166 on baord air compressor
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2016 W166 gle 350d
W166 on baord air compressor
Good day,
I want to find out if it's possible to use the onboard air to pump up a Tyre?
I am stuck on a farm with a nail in my Tyre. I have a Tyre repair kit but i donot have an air compressor.
There is an air tank in the well under the boot floor.
I was thinking surly they would have an air coupling that you could just put an airline and pump the Tyre?
I want to find out if it's possible to use the onboard air to pump up a Tyre?
I am stuck on a farm with a nail in my Tyre. I have a Tyre repair kit but i donot have an air compressor.
There is an air tank in the well under the boot floor.
I was thinking surly they would have an air coupling that you could just put an airline and pump the Tyre?
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Good day,
I want to find out if it's possible to use the onboard air to pump up a Tyre?
I am stuck on a farm with a nail in my Tyre. I have a Tyre repair kit but i donot have an air compressor.
There is an air tank in the well under the boot floor.
I was thinking surly they would have an air coupling that you could just put an airline and pump the Tyre?
I want to find out if it's possible to use the onboard air to pump up a Tyre?
I am stuck on a farm with a nail in my Tyre. I have a Tyre repair kit but i donot have an air compressor.
There is an air tank in the well under the boot floor.
I was thinking surly they would have an air coupling that you could just put an airline and pump the Tyre?
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From: Buchanan, SK CANADA
2013 ML350 Bluetec
Given enough money and enough time you can jury rig literally anything. However with a flat tire in need of immediate inflation and no fittings factory installed for that purpose it will take longer to boogie up something on the car than it will to get the tire to a shop. Air suspension compressors on cars are just a 12V air pump. They're absolutely not designed to move any serious amount of air - such as would be required to inflate your tire. Like nearly everything in life, doing it right the first time may appear inconvenient but its the best option in the long term.
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From: Johannesburg south Africa
2016 W166 gle 350d
Given enough money and enough time you can jury rig literally anything. However with a flat tire in need of immediate inflation and no fittings factory installed for that purpose it will take longer to boogie up something on the car than it will to get the tire to a shop. Air suspension compressors on cars are just a 12V air pump. They're absolutely not designed to move any serious amount of air - such as would be required to inflate your tire. Like nearly everything in life, doing it right the first time may appear inconvenient but its the best option in the long term.
I remember as a child pumping up my bike tyres with my mate's dads VW tourreg.
Here I actually found a video:
But I cannot seem to find any sort of official support for this on the Mercedes.
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I was under the impression that this would have been a built-in feature. This car has every other gimmick under the sun, I just assumed the smart German engineers would have let me use the onboard air compressor installed and ready to go.
I remember as a child pumping up my bike tyres with my mate's dads VW tourreg.
Here I actually found a video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voBRLV-pLrY
But I cannot seem to find any sort of official support for this on the Mercedes.
I remember as a child pumping up my bike tyres with my mate's dads VW tourreg.
Here I actually found a video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voBRLV-pLrY
But I cannot seem to find any sort of official support for this on the Mercedes.
