TPMS Valve Caps

[JAW911]

Simple question.....can I use any plastic valve cap on my TPMS valves? I read about the issues of using metal caps which can fuse to the aluminium stems. I see the OPC sell nice ones for just £42. What are they? Gold?

 

[Lancerlot]

Yep, no special dust caps needed for pressure monitoring valves.
Metal caps are more resilient, but I recommend, if fitting these, you do so using some anti-seize compound.
Regards,

[FONT=comic sans ms, sans-serif"]Clive

 

[s999sws]

Just spray the plastic ones any colour you want.
Sws

 

[JAW911]

Thanks guys

 

[fireblade]

When I had a 997 Turbo with grey caps I was told by the OPC that I had to replace them with the original Porsche ones or there would be problems with the TPM. They were twice the price of the Audi ones albeit black. I bought Audi ones and nothing bad happened. Amazingly the regular thefts of my dust caps stopped! Grey is obviously more desirable than black. Incidentally my 991 Turbo has black ones.

 

[Pokhara]

Hi JAW

I picked up a nice set of inexpensive metal hexagonal caps with the Porsche crest from PorscheShop. They attach with a small allen key so - picking up on Clive's point - are reasonably safe (I hope).

Nigel

 

[JAW911]

I will check them out thanks Nigel.