EvhCo
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Good morning!
Just kidding, it's 3 PM. I'm soon gonna buy an off-road chassis with everything but the engine mounted. I currently have a 1/5 scale F2004 formula 1 racer, but circuit racing isn't for me, I'm more of a mud'n'sand guy, so I'm gonna turn that buggy into a monster truck that'll teach mother nature a lesson. So, today I ran the last few tens of milliliters of 16% fuel until the Arduino's battery died, and then I safely placed the F1 for further missions and unmounted the engine.
It's the first time I see an engine in its true form and, I must say, she's simply a beauty even with all that oil and grime on it. I unscrewed the glow plug and sprayed a couple of WD-40 bursts into the piston, and a few more into the carb, and then pulled the pullstart a bit. I let it rest upside down for the excess WD-40 to get out, and now I'll start cleaning everything (including the glowplug) with some towels, to make it sparkling clean. I don't intend to disassemble or rebuild the engine since it's working as perfect as a combustion engine can run (starts from the 1st pull, idles generally as it should etc.), but I'm wondering what other sprays I can treat this beaut with to make her ready to burn? WD-40 is a saint in my after-run book, but what'd happen if I'd spray some engine oil down there? What about anti-rust sprays (just for case)? Anything is appreciated.
Just kidding, it's 3 PM. I'm soon gonna buy an off-road chassis with everything but the engine mounted. I currently have a 1/5 scale F2004 formula 1 racer, but circuit racing isn't for me, I'm more of a mud'n'sand guy, so I'm gonna turn that buggy into a monster truck that'll teach mother nature a lesson. So, today I ran the last few tens of milliliters of 16% fuel until the Arduino's battery died, and then I safely placed the F1 for further missions and unmounted the engine.
It's the first time I see an engine in its true form and, I must say, she's simply a beauty even with all that oil and grime on it. I unscrewed the glow plug and sprayed a couple of WD-40 bursts into the piston, and a few more into the carb, and then pulled the pullstart a bit. I let it rest upside down for the excess WD-40 to get out, and now I'll start cleaning everything (including the glowplug) with some towels, to make it sparkling clean. I don't intend to disassemble or rebuild the engine since it's working as perfect as a combustion engine can run (starts from the 1st pull, idles generally as it should etc.), but I'm wondering what other sprays I can treat this beaut with to make her ready to burn? WD-40 is a saint in my after-run book, but what'd happen if I'd spray some engine oil down there? What about anti-rust sprays (just for case)? Anything is appreciated.