Fishbones78
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Hi,
I got my hands on a HPI Trophy 3.5v2 today. I got about 1/4 through the first tank and then it quit. It now will not start. I think the problem may be that there is an oil glaze on the carb (if I remove the air filter, there is an oily glaze over the sliding piece of metal. I fear this may be clogging the engine up? The reason for the oil being in there is that when I got the car, the carb was very sticky (even at factory settings) so when I opened the throttle, it would sometimes not move. A guy on another forum said to drop some oil in there, so I did. Yes, it solved my problem but now I feel like a fool!
Is this likely to be the problem? If so, how do I get all of this oil out?
Thanks!
I got my hands on a HPI Trophy 3.5v2 today. I got about 1/4 through the first tank and then it quit. It now will not start. I think the problem may be that there is an oil glaze on the carb (if I remove the air filter, there is an oily glaze over the sliding piece of metal. I fear this may be clogging the engine up? The reason for the oil being in there is that when I got the car, the carb was very sticky (even at factory settings) so when I opened the throttle, it would sometimes not move. A guy on another forum said to drop some oil in there, so I did. Yes, it solved my problem but now I feel like a fool!
Is this likely to be the problem? If so, how do I get all of this oil out?
Thanks!