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Would a benzin filter do the fuel any good? I have one laying around from some old project, and I'm looking for all the ways to keep my engine burning healthy. What do you think?
What type of filter ,fuel or air?
Filters just keep contaminants out ,if your looking for the longevity of the engine ,that revolves around your tune ,monitoring
your engine from too high of heat an what fuel you are using with the right oil content!
Also driving conditions plays a role.
A good habit to do ,is to always run the piston at bottom of the block an out of the top of the cylinder after each run
when it cools off ,this gets the piston out of the pinch in the sleeve to allow the sleeve to shrink back in which
saves the pinch from wearing out faster.
I've been looking for ways t o reduce compression loss due to wear for weeks, but I've never thought of keeping the piston down for the pinch. It's an amazing tip!
I've been involved with nitro RC's for about 25 year , most of my engines are 10 year old or more ,an they all still
have good compression.
Most of my engines never have a fine tune ,however , once a descent tune is on them ,I always keep the heat down
on them ,an always ran them a little on the rich side for safety measures ,an always used a good quality fuel
with a high oil % content!
I've used several different brands through the years :Byrons ,Nitrothane ,Towers an others ,my last Gal. was Torrco fuel ,
but always made sure they had a good oil content ,I've always use 30 % nitro ,my engines don't like 20!...
I've been involved on tons of RC forums for the past 15 years ,an learned a lot from other forum folks an RCer's!...