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I recently found myself with extra time on my hands, and decided it was time to break out my RC10GT. It has been sitting in my basement closet for 5 or so years. I first got the truck about 9 years ago and I figured now i would have a better chance of getting it to run, and maintaining the vehicle now that I am a little more experienced and mature.
Anyway, I got it out, cleaned it up, got some new fuel, new glow plugs, the works. To my surprise it started up with very little effort. I have had many problems with it but it's mostly things i have been able to solve myself. recently I have been having some problems with it that I can't seem to diagnose on my own. Today I got it out of the garage and started it up. It took some work on the pull start but i finally got it started. I took it out for a few minutes around the driveway trying to warm up the engine before I began tuning it.
My problem started here, once the motor was warmed up, if i would get on the gas and rev it up, it would die as soon as the truck began to slow down. If I revved it up and let off the gas slowly it would idle like normal. One time when it died I noticed that the glow plug was loose. At first i thought i had found the problem, so i tightened down the glow plug and fired it up again.
*NOTE: When the truck would die, it would take about 5 minutes of pulling before it started up. when i first got it out of my garage it started up right away. and when it starts to die it bogs down like it is too rich/getting flooded.
I did mess with the low speed needle a bit, and i leaned it out some, and got some nice acceleration out of the truck, but it is still stalling if i rev it up and let off the gas.
Basically I am just wondering if maybe i have the idle set to low? or maybe I need to lean out the low speed some more?
Here's some pics of the truck, the engine is an OS max CV .12 and the truck is the RC10GT team kit for pull starts.
Anyway, I got it out, cleaned it up, got some new fuel, new glow plugs, the works. To my surprise it started up with very little effort. I have had many problems with it but it's mostly things i have been able to solve myself. recently I have been having some problems with it that I can't seem to diagnose on my own. Today I got it out of the garage and started it up. It took some work on the pull start but i finally got it started. I took it out for a few minutes around the driveway trying to warm up the engine before I began tuning it.
My problem started here, once the motor was warmed up, if i would get on the gas and rev it up, it would die as soon as the truck began to slow down. If I revved it up and let off the gas slowly it would idle like normal. One time when it died I noticed that the glow plug was loose. At first i thought i had found the problem, so i tightened down the glow plug and fired it up again.
*NOTE: When the truck would die, it would take about 5 minutes of pulling before it started up. when i first got it out of my garage it started up right away. and when it starts to die it bogs down like it is too rich/getting flooded.
I did mess with the low speed needle a bit, and i leaned it out some, and got some nice acceleration out of the truck, but it is still stalling if i rev it up and let off the gas.
Basically I am just wondering if maybe i have the idle set to low? or maybe I need to lean out the low speed some more?
Here's some pics of the truck, the engine is an OS max CV .12 and the truck is the RC10GT team kit for pull starts.
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