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We might never know. I've also heard from someone that it could have been a straight manufacturing defect in the casting of the part since that's a seam. Anyway, the new engine seems to be running great and this thread can be closed I think.

This is how much a HSP VX18 costs in China when you get them at close to factory prices. The roto start arrived. The engine is now very easy to start but it's still dying. Revving the engine seems to make it die quicker. From watching bubbles in the fuel line I feel the fuel is not advancing...

A new engine is $30, so I'll see how I get on with this. Ordered a rotor start to make it easier. If not I'll get a new engine

Yeah the car is new. The manual says 2 and a half turns from closed. The guy who owns the hobby shop said "4 turns out for break in". When I first got it I set it to 2 and a half turns like the manual says. The car ran very bad at this setting and I was on a wild goose chase of leaning the...

Ok so contrary to what everyone has been telling me the last few days. I made the engine more rich. The seller told me to do it 4 turns out from closed. The manual said 2 and a half. So I split the difference and did 3. This was because at WOT I couldn't see a trail of blue smoke coming out the...

Nah on the first day I got it I let it idle through 2 tanks. Then drove it around for a tank at half throttle. Then 3/4 then WOT. The manual said they'd already broken it in in factory but I did it again. This is the break in procedure as described in the manual. It's always had the issue of...

So I bought a nitro car recently, my first. And it's been a complete pain in the backside to be honest. First time I tried to drive it, it kept dying at WOT. After about 2 hours of driving it just would not start. No matter how hard I tried I couldn't get it to fire. The next day I could...