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Glow plug will not light I checked all the wires can't figure out the problem
 
Could be a few things.
Bad plug, bad ez-start wand, bad connection of the wand and wiring harness port, bad ground (yellow wire), and bad (blue) glow lug wire. You just have to eliminate all possibilities to find the culprit if you don’t have access to a known working system that you can swap pieces with to find the issue.
 
Must be the controller then cause I checked everything else I'm letting my battery get a full charge now but I don't think that would be a problem, last time ran it I had no problems at all. I've only ran a gallon of fuel through 2 engines it's not that old
 
ditch the blue and yellow wire and get a glow plug igniter and you will save a ton of head aches! when i first got my maxx i was told the same thing, and i waited, and waited, and finally i did it, and have never looked back ! take my advice! you won't be sorry! and it helps save on your battery drain on your ez start, as it only has to spin the motor, not light the plug!
 
There should be 2 green lights on the EZ-start. If the light to the glow plug is not lit the glow plug is broken or the glo circuit in the EZ is shot. That's been a common problem with them since day 1.
 
Mn Monster said:
ditch the blue and yellow wire and get a glow plug igniter and you will save a ton of head aches! when i first got my maxx i was told the same thing, and i waited, and waited, and finally i did it, and have never looked back ! take my advice! you won't be sorry! and it helps save on your battery drain on your ez start, as it only has to spin the motor, not light the plug!
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not to steal the thread but you dont need the yellow wire if your useing the glow start ?
 
Mn Monster said:
ditch the blue and yellow wire and get a glow plug igniter and you will save a ton of head aches! when i first got my maxx i was told the same thing, and i waited, and waited, and finally i did it, and have never looked back ! take my advice! you won't be sorry! and it helps save on your battery drain on your ez start, as it only has to spin the motor, not light the plug!
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I'm new to RC cars.

But I have a 3.3 tmaxx, can I get a glow plug and use it instead of using my EZ start? I seem to have trouble out of it.
 
Its called a glow ignitor that heats up the glow plug when starting the car up. All cars have glow plugs. Like I said in your other post please read the stickies in this forum.
 
glow igniter is the way to go ! you can still use your ezstart, just ditch the blue and yellow wire and your all set
 
bubbadee5 said:
Its called a glow ignitor that heats up the glow plug when starting the car up. All cars have glow plugs. Like I said in your other post please read the stickies in this forum.
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I don't see the stickies. The only one I see is "Post your Tmaxx"
 

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