2.2 bar as per the manual and sticker on the driver's door frame.What do you set your tyre pressure to on your mg5
There's quite a bit about it in the manual around page 146 onwards, for example:I find it amusing that you get so much information about tyre pressures (and even temperatures) but nothing about battery temperature and health (whether balance charging is required, etc.)
You do. In theory the car will tell you when a balancing charge is required, but I give it one once a month just in case. The reality is that I normally do a long trip that often so aim to start fully charged on off-peak charge anyway.if it needs to be 100% to balance charge, then I'm going to need to rethink this strategy
On the 5 it will balance after a full charge if it's not balanced for some time it will take longer to balance I have had 1-4 hours of balancing but if you do it every month it's between 1-2 hours to complete.Ah right! I haven't spent much time reading the FM but have heard that you need to regularly AC charge to balance the cells.
Question is, does it only do this at the end of a charge to 100% on AC?
I don't plan to charge to 100% on AC unless I'm going to be heading off on a long journey. I'm trickle charging off solar PV and won't often be charging much over 60%.
Will this be a problem?
I know you shouldn't keep batteries topped up to 100% all the time, but if it needs to be 100% to balance charge, then I'm going to need to rethink this strategy.
The car comes supplied with an pump/inflator/pressure gauge.Hi pleased to read this, as with others my new MG5 SE (facelift) came and tyres are at 2.8 / 2.9 bar for some reason!!
Going to drop to recommended 2.2 - did people just to this by plugging in to tyre inflator at a garage and setting recommended level?
lol i didnt think about that. I was thinking that was just for flats but now you say that I can see why it it is just a pump.The car comes supplied with an pump/inflator/pressure gauge.
The idea is the tyres should 2.2 when cold (before you drive the car) .I had my tyres as factory inflated to 2.6 bar, as you say the tyres wore in the middle so when replacements were fitted they were inflated to 2.2 bar and all was good until winter when the really cold frosts triggered the puncture warning on random wheels because the cold air made them read below pressure. This was pointed out in its service in January and there answer was to inflate the tyres back to 2.6 bar. Anyone else had jittery puncture reports using lower pressure in the winter?
That makes good sense, I'll get on that straight away..The idea is the tyres should 2.2 when cold (before you drive the car) .
In the winter the tyres will need more air added and in the summer possibly air out.
I basically check mine when the sessions change.