Question RE: TPMS valves

Dave_3 · 10-06-2017, 08:46 AM

I have an early 2014 430D (one of the first).

They changed the TPMS system a month or so after my build, so my car does not have the actual tyre pressures displayed in the I-drive.

I take it that my system only monitors wheel revolution disparity on an axle to detect a puncture and does not need any dedicated TPMS valves on my Alloy wheels ?

Just speccing up a set of winter wheels ....

D.

Smee · 10-06-2017, 08:57 AM

you need the TPMS with the rubber shaft i believe

troggy1969 · 10-06-2017, 09:17 AM

Look at your existing wheels, if they have rubber shafts then you don't have tpms monitors on your car, just the revolution monitor so you can fit any valve.

If you have metal valves then you have monitors and if you don't fit them you will get a warning when you start (it doesn't affect performance). I had the warning last year but I've bought a set of monitor to fit this year to be on the safe side.

robbiep · 10-06-2017, 10:07 AM

If your car does not display the tyre pressures then you only need standard 'dumb' valves.

bmnut · 10-06-2017, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by robbiep

If your car does not display the tyre pressures then you only need standard 'dumb' valves.

This ^ !

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Dave_3 Brigadier General 652 Rep 3,445 Posts Drives: G22 M440D Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: CH / SCO iTrader: (0) Garage List 1973 Escort RS2000 MK1 [10.00]	Question RE: TPMS valves I have an early 2014 430D (one of the first). They changed the TPMS system a month or so after my build, so my car does not have the actual tyre pressures displayed in the I-drive. I take it that my system only monitors wheel revolution disparity on an axle to detect a puncture and does not need any dedicated TPMS valves on my Alloy wheels ? Just speccing up a set of winter wheels .... D. __________________ Escort Mk1 RS2000 (2.1 2x44IDFS, BVH, Kent FR32, 5spd, 180 BHP) : M440D ¦ Previously : F32 435D : F32 430D M Sport sDrive, 335D E92 2006
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Smee Colonel 505 Rep 2,152 Posts Drives: BMW M4 F83 Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Norfolk iTrader: (0)	you need the TPMS with the rubber shaft i believe __________________ Current: BMW M4 F83 - Mods : Pedal Covers, LCI Stereo facia Retrofit and Carbon Rear corner covers Old: F32 435d M Sport - Mods : HR Sport Springs, 20" Veemann V-FS23 in Gun Metal, M Performance Body Kit, Pedal Covers, Eurspec CF Mirror Caps, More-BHP remap 364 BHP 741 NM, M4 Under Chassis Brace, 15mm Rear ARB, 8.8" Screen Retrofit and LCI Stereo facia Retrofit
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troggy1969 Lieutenant 57 Rep 554 Posts Drives: 335D MSport 2016 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Ludlow iTrader: (0) Garage List 2016 BMW 335D MSport [0.00]	Look at your existing wheels, if they have rubber shafts then you don't have tpms monitors on your car, just the revolution monitor so you can fit any valve. If you have metal valves then you have monitors and if you don't fit them you will get a warning when you start (it doesn't affect performance). I had the warning last year but I've bought a set of monitor to fit this year to be on the safe side.
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robbiep Brigadier General 1983 Rep 3,216 Posts Drives: VW e-Golf ! Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: North Wales, UK iTrader: (0)	If your car does not display the tyre pressures then you only need standard 'dumb' valves.
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