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I prime mine until I hear the fuel "squish" inside the carb. Much more than that and it's nearly hydrolocked, which is bad for pull-starts, one way bearings and conrods.

DA = Denatured Alcohol Can be found in pretty much any hardware store near paint supplies in a 1qt can for around $4. A lot of guys use it in RC to clean stuff since it's a decent degreaser and it's fairly cheap. Put it in a cheap spray bottle and use it to clean the nitro oil off stuff before...

How old is the fuel? Where was it stored? Fuel doesn't last forever, especially once opened. Might need to take the carb apart, soak it in DA and clean it out really well with q-tips. If it sat for a long time, could just be gunked up. As well as the filter in the tank or in-line filter if it...

Just to be sure, have you taken the glow plug out and put it in the heater? The coil should glow a bright orange. Usually can't see it in the sunlight. If it doesn't, then either the plug is bad or the heater is dead. If your using alkaline cells for the heater, they do not last long at all...

Well, depending on the ambient temps, starting can be a bit annoying. If an engine becomes hydrolocked (full of fuel), you have to take the glowplug out, hold the vehicle upside down, the spin the starter or pull the starter cord quick a few times to get the fuel out of the engine. When...