Morning Newbie Desert Drive - Fayah - Abu Dhabi - 5 Oct 2024

[Arvindraj]

Thanks for a wonderful drive @Davie Chase @Ishak @Emanuel and @Mehmet Volga, learning a lot with every drive look forward to see you all soon again have a wonderful weekend everyone!

[Jose Luis Campos]

Thank you all for all the support and help. It was a fantastic ride, I really enjoyed it. Can't wait for next week! Hope to see you all there!

[Hetal]

Thank you for this morning’s adventure! and a special thanks for helping dig my car out… twice! @Emanuel, in all fairness, I never heard you say you wanted to dig, but it got jinxed either way. Thank you to you, @Mehmet Volga and @Davie Chase for digging us out, not once, but twice. (Sorry I didn’t get any pics of anyone else digging)

So many valuable lessons learnt today, completely different to last weeks drive and so many more lessons learnt ☺️

 

Hope everyone has a lovely weekend further ☺️

[Emanuel]

Good afternoon,

It was really nice to have met all the new club members yesterday. Welcome to the Carnity off-roading club @Andreas Riis, @Jose Luis Campos, @Hetal, @Yurybel, @Sam_, @Arvindraj, @Abhishek Chikara, and @ALEX 0171.
 
As already mentioned, you all drove really well in challenging terrain while learning about your vehicles and how they behave in different sand conditions. As @Davie Chase mentioned, my second support drive was nicely challenging to say the least. Thank you for giving me such great opportunities (and exercise) and rest assured, we have all be exactly where you ended up and will likely end up again sooner or later. Keep a positive attitude about your learning and staying safe, and you'll be just fine.

One of my new learnings today was how to use a tire valve core removal tool to deflate my tires. I used to use Staun deflators but they are not accurate and I have had to use a tire pressure gauge to adjust down to the right pressure I wanted for that drive. Sometimes they let too much air out and I had to pull out the compressor to put some more air into the tire. This was one of my least favorite parts of our drives. Then I bought a four-way inflator hose system, which simplified my inflation process. The clip-on tire chuck makes it a dream to put onto the tire valves and the digital pressure gauge is handy and the system will balance the air between the tires when used correctly. Last year I started using the four-way hose for deflation. This was much better and pretty accurate to once you get used to it and after double checking the pressures with a tire pressure gauge you trust. The only hassle was having to pull out and connect up the four-way hose system twice for a drive.

On this drive, I was determined to give the valve core removal process a try. I deflated 3 of my tires individually, which took time but I only was after trying the tool on 1 tire as an experiment. Making sure I didn't lose the valve core and with a spare handy, I removed the valve. In about a 30 count I put it back in. I was nearly at 12psi which is where I wanted to be. I kind of eyeballed the tire to estimate where I was at psi wise. Although apprehensive about this for a good while now, I'm sold. This process too is my go to method going forward.

Wait... that isn't the end of this story!!!

And what a coincidence. I was heading down to see how @Abhishek Chikara was making out with his deflation and he had just had one of his valve cores fly out from his rapid deflation tool and gauge. Guess who still had their tire valve core removal tool in their pocket... he wanted to learn how to use it so with a simple explanation he screwed it back in himself.

Read this article for more detailed information and banter about tire deflation.

https://carnity.com/forums/topic/13522-how-to-deflate-your-tyres/

Until next time, stay happy and healthy.

Emanuel
 

[Abhishek Chikara]

Thanks again @Davie Chase, @Emanuel and @Mehmet Volga  for the fantastic drive yesterday.

The location, guidance and contact support was truly amazing. Had a great time and looking forward to sign up for the next newbie drive dot at 7:00 pm tomorrow.

Also, apologies for being late in the morning and holding up the convoy.

One good came out of it though - learned how to deflate via tire valve core removal tool thanks to @Emanuel. Much faster than the ARB gauze I am using now and moving forward, will use it more frequently.

I also had one question for the seniors here and would be grateful to @Davie Chase, @Emanuel and @Mehmet Volga for any guidance.

Post the drive, I was cleaning my filter today and appears I have managed to bend three fins very slightly (I don’t remember using a lot of pressure but maybe I held it wrong and that little pressure was enough given that its mostly cellulose fibres). I have attached a picture and on mid-right you can see the slightly bent fins. 

I tried slightly to bend it back but didn’t work so I stopped instead of using more force. This filter is only a week old so its almost brand new.

Is it ok to be used or should I go in for a new one? Since the size of pores are in microns, I am happy to replace if you suggest so (or maybe I am overthinking it here).

Some background - basis another post I had read on Carnity, I do not use air hose to clean it and just gently tap it post a drive to remove any dirt. I also try to change the filter once every 2 months just to be on the safer side.

Thank you!

[Davie Smooth_Operator]

9 hours ago, Abhishek Chikara said:

Thanks again @Davie Chase, @Emanuel and @Mehmet Volga  for the fantastic drive yesterday.

The location, guidance and contact support was truly amazing. Had a great time and looking forward to sign up for the next newbie drive dot at 7:00 pm tomorrow.

Also, apologies for being late in the morning and holding up the convoy.

One good came out of it though - learned how to deflate via tire valve core removal tool thanks to @Emanuel. Much faster than the ARB gauze I am using now and moving forward, will use it more frequently.

I also had one question for the seniors here and would be grateful to @Davie Chase, @Emanuel and @Mehmet Volga for any guidance.

Post the drive, I was cleaning my filter today and appears I have managed to bend three fins very slightly (I don’t remember using a lot of pressure but maybe I held it wrong and that little pressure was enough given that its mostly cellulose fibres). I have attached a picture and on mid-right you can see the slightly bent fins. 

I tried slightly to bend it back but didn’t work so I stopped instead of using more force. This filter is only a week old so its almost brand new.

Is it ok to be used or should I go in for a new one? Since the size of pores are in microns, I am happy to replace if you suggest so (or maybe I am overthinking it here).

Some background - basis another post I had read on Carnity, I do not use air hose to clean it and just gently tap it post a drive to remove any dirt. I also try to change the filter once every 2 months just to be on the safer side.

Thank you!

@Abhishek Chikara there does not look to be any damage, so I do not see from the pic that you would ingest any unwanted particles into your engine and the damage does not look bad enough to impede air intake 

should be fine until next change out going by the pic

[Emanuel]

Here are some stats from our drive on Saturday. We managed to cover 37 km which for a Newbie drive with 9 team members with 0-2 drives is indeed notable!

[ALEX 0171]