Tyre Pressure Monitors

[VK3GJM]

Hi All,


Has anyone ever purchased external to Landrover the Tyre pressure monitor sensor transmitters, they are a Beru brand I think?


Does anyone know the part number for a MY12 D4?


Land Rover wants $155 each and $70 each consisting of 5 valve caps, I will need 2. I am looking for 6 TPMS.


Regards


Gerald

[Redback]

Hi All,


Has anyone ever purchased external to Landrover the Tyre pressure monitor sensor transmitters, they are a Beru brand I think?


Does anyone know the part number for a MY12 D4?


Land Rover wants $155 each and $70 each consisting of 5 valve caps, I will need 2. I am looking for 6 TPMS.


Regards


Gerald

Land Rover ones are not made by LR, they are actually a BMW product.

Here's the kit from tpmsdirect.com

LAND ROVER LR4 TPMS SENSOR 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013

2010-2013 Land Rover LR4 TPMS Sensor Continental LR021936 315MHz

Our Price: $74.00 US dollars

AND

http://www.tpmsbuyer.com/Land_Rover_TPMS_Sensors_s/1692.htm

OR

Buy a Tyredog system

http://www.tpms.com.au/tyre-pressure-monitors/4-wheel-internal-tyre-pressure-and-temperature-monitor-tyredog-tpms.html

Baz.

[VK3GJM]

Hi Baz,


Thanks for that. I have a TPM system already. Late August I will receive 6 18" Rims from Gordon and would like to fit them out with TP senders.


They are frequency specific. Just got hold of the Landrover part number from my Service Manager at the dealer, it is LR066378 and the frequency of operation is 433MHz. US and possibly other countries are 315MHz.


The link below is what I am after. LR Australia us making a healthy margin, but not as much as what VW wanted to charge me for my sensors from my pervious V10 Touareg, they wanted $460 each, I ended up with 5 units for $480 delivered.


Sensor - Tyre Pressure Monitoring (http://www.paddockspares.com/sensor-tyre-pressure-monitoring-3.html)




Regards




Gerald

[Redback]

So LR want $155ea for the sensors, compared to ?53.27 from the UK($108aud) + postage for the lot, cap included

What's the $70 for, just the valve cap, that little black plastic cap:o

Baz.

[VK3GJM]

Just purchase 6 OEM units LR066378 433MHz senders including the stem screws delivered in 2-3 weeks out of the UK for a total price of AUD$265, $44 each, that's inline with US prices, but they are 315MHz.

The eBay seller communication was prompt and willing to help all the way through the transaction, She also set up a link to purchase 6 not 4 as listed.

So, I am giving Her a plug.

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=161725930642&globalID=EBAY-AU

Redback, the Land Rover kit of valve screws is a kit of 5 stem screws, little caps and the valve itself, yes $70/kit, are they serious????? When I initially ordered Tyre pressure sensors, they state no problems with 6 units, that will be $70 each, but I got 6 bags each containing 5 screws, valve and cap.

Regards

Gerald

[Ben_Vapid]

Thanks for this guys, this has been on my to do list as well.

Just to clarify, do these sync up with the D4 fault/alerts system? And if so, does anything need to be done for that to work?

[VK3GJM]

Hi Ben,

The LR TMPS is quite simple, when already fitted with antennas and TPMS option, new sensors sync up quite quickly. However, you can not set a lower pressure to be your new baseline. In other words, when off-road and the pressure is lowered, a pressure warning alarm is active. I think this comes up at about 33psi and lower.

Maybe someone could tell me otherwise. My previous Touareg had the ability to re-learn, thus a lower pressure can become the new baseline, great for resetting your alarm threshold.

I continuously rotate 6 tyres, each 10,00km never had a sync issue. Also TPMS also detects wheel carrier values.

Regards

Gerald

[Melbourne Park]

Safety Dave has a system - they are blue tooth devices that sit on the air valve inlet. They have a pressure reader in them, and an LCD monitor to read the pressures. You can set I think down to 16 PSI. 8 sensors and the display cost $400 I think. It can handle more than 8 too. So you can put them on a trailer as well.

They don't read temperature, and are not rolls royce quality, more like Wolls Youce from China of course ...

Might do the job though.

[alpick]

I bought Tyre dog bluetooth TPMS direct from taiwan.
good price. Good quality. Psi and temp.readouts. alarm for both.
great customer service. No fuss firmware upgrade when needed.

[letherm]

What do most people have - internal or external ?

Just wondering whether theft is an issue by using the external ones which would of course be easier and cheaper to fit.

Martin

[Melbourne Park]

I bought Tyre dog bluetooth TPMS direct from taiwan.
good price. Good quality. Psi and temp.readouts. alarm for both.
great customer service. No fuss firmware upgrade when needed.

Thanks Al.

Did you do that via eBay?

For me, the temperature is a big plus, and also, having them on my trailer is potentially a real money saver, and its available with the Tyre Dog. The temperature also tells about what is going on vis a vis tyre best pressures to run.

[BMKal]

You can also buy the SensaTyre system from Landybitz (a member on this forum).

Internal sensors, and you can run up to 14 of them on the one display - should cover most towing requirements. Measures both pressure and temperature in each wheel, and allows you to enter your own upper and lower set-points for alarms.

Very easy to re-program wheel positions etc on the screen if you rotate wheels or simply replace a flat tyre with your spare.

I've been running this system for more than 2 years now and very happy with it. ;)

Link to product page is ...................... Safety (http://www.landybitz.com.au/safety)

[ytt105]

Speaking of tyre pressures. I've just finished the run up the Savanna Way, terribly corrugated, and had the tyres at 28 38 for the dirt, but when I hit the bitumen again I didn't pump up just maintained the same temperature by adjusting the speed. The question is, what is too high a temperature for safe running. Mine were at 40deg.

Sent from my ThL W8 using AULRO mobile app

[shanegtr]

Speaking of tyre pressures. I've just finished the run up the Savanna Way, terribly corrugated, and had the tyres at 28 38 for the dirt, but when I hit the bitumen again I didn't pump up just maintained the same temperature by adjusting the speed. The question is, what is too high a temperature for safe running. Mine were at 40deg.

Sent from my ThL W8 using AULRO mobile app
Our haul trucks at work run around 70 deg all day everyday. Generally I wouldn't get too concerned with temps under 80

[Melbourne Park]

I think Tyre Dog will be what I'll buy ... as I have 6 GOE wheels and tyres, use the factory 19" around town, and have a trailer with spare tyres, internal ones seem too much of a hassle.

Are there wheel balance issues with valve stem based devices such as the Tyre Dog ones?

[Mungus]

The tyre dog cap sensors only weigh 10-11grams so personally I would get the wheels balanced with the sensors fitted.


I wounder how fiddly the locking ring is if you were to use a tyre deflator often? (the ones that remove the valve stem) I suppose it could be left off if a lot of bush work was planned and put back on for the city.

[Melbourne Park]

The tyre dog cap sensors only weigh 10-11grams so personally I would get the wheels balanced with the sensors fitted.


I wounder how fiddly the locking ring is if you were to use a tyre deflator often? (the ones that remove the valve stem) I suppose it could be left off if a lot of bush work was planned and put back on for the city.

I'm not going to fit the locking ring.

I doubt they'll be pinched. I'm not sure whether I'll fit them to my city wheels / tyres. Although I three hours with my van to a country town, and we went for a drive to see the sites atop a hill (on bitumen, without the van). There was a track beyond the view area, and we went down it ... it was rutted, rocky, steep in places and was being used by some walkers. If I'd punctured a tyre I doubt I'd have known about it until too late ... compared to my Landcruiser Prado experience, that bad track felt like a smooth road in the D4 - it was amazingly stable and smooth. I turned on the off road rock feature three times otherwise I just had in in low range.

[CSBrisie]

I just returned from a 7000km trip from Brissie to Uluru and back, via Plenty Highway and towing a Bushtracker van and we were very impressed with the TyreDog (8wheel) system. Worked perfectly and really appreciated the ability to keep an eye on rear tyre temps given the weight we were towing (3t plus). I saw 40 degrees a few times on right rear (fridge in back that side) but mostly temps were in high 20's. We had 285/50/20 Cooper LTZ's on the car and much better LT 16 inch on the van of course.

[Melbourne Park]

I just returned from a 7000km trip from Brissie to Uluru and back, via Plenty Highway and towing a Bushtracker van and we were very impressed with the TyreDog (8wheel) system. Worked perfectly and really appreciated the ability to keep an eye on rear tyre temps given the weight we were towing (3t plus). I saw 40 degrees a few times on right rear (fridge in back that side) but mostly temps were in high 20's. We had 285/50/20 Cooper LTZ's on the car and much better LT 16 inch on the van of course.

We are planning to go to Uluru late August. Just going to stay a week and then drive back to Melbourne, maybe dropping into the Flinders Ranges on the way back. Not sure where to go from Alice to Uluru etc! ??? Advice would be welcome!

With your Bushtracker, I presume you have four wheels on the trailer, while my Australian Off Road Matrix has just two wheels, yet weighs typically 2300kg. But that is over 1,100kg per tyre. So the temps etc would be very useful indeed on the trailer! On the forum for the AOR brand and talking to owners, tyre failures are very rare indeed but if they happen they can come more than once. I suspect the gauges might remove the issue.

[jonesy63]

We are planning to go to Uluru late August. Just going to stay a week and then drive back to Melbourne, maybe dropping into the Flinders Ranges on the way back. Not sure where to go from Alice to Uluru etc! ??? Advice would be welcome!

There is a section for these types of questions:
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/trip-preparation-suggestions-ideas-advice/

From Alice to Uluru, you could do the Mereenie Loop - call into Hermansburg to see Albert Namatjira's house and museum, Finke Gorge NP and also Kings Canyon.

[VK3GJM]

Hi All,

Thank you for the wealth of constructive feedback and tips.

Received 6 OEM TPM sensors Friday from the UK, 5 days door to door. Saved $700 based on LR spares cost.

I would have chosen Tyre dog TPMS, but the vehicle has a Tyre pressure system integrated.

Keep the constructive chatter coming.

Regards

Gerald

[Landybitz]

Sensatyre are far better.

[letherm]

I would have chosen Tyre dog TPMS, but the vehicle has a Tyre pressure system integrated.



Pardon my ignorance but how do you tell if you car has a tyre pressure system integrated ?

Martin

[wawoo]

Pardon my ignorance but how do you tell if you car has a tyre pressure system integrated ?

Martin

I am just as ignorant...anyone?

[SBD4]

You will have access to the TPMS via the touch screen.

You can check the valve stems as follows:

Wheels fitted with TPMS can be visually identified by the external metal lock nut and valve (1). All Land Rover non-TPMS wheels have a rubber valve fitted (2).


http://www.ownerinfo.landrover.com/document/LS/2016/proc/graphic/E132513