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brilamb2

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heres one for u guys.. my buddy has 3.3 and he keeps toasting glow plugs. temp is steady at 245, and it is a fresh rebuild, but everytime he runs it, it fries the glow plug as sooon as he turns it off. everybody is at a loss at both my lhs's, and I'm dumbfounded... PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
weve tried diffrent types of plugs, stock traxxas, mc59, os #8, and as for fuel, blue thunder 20%
 
I highly recommend Blue thunder as weed killer.
That's not your problem now, but when it's gone, go with another brand. You'll be very happy with the increased performance you'll get.

Okay. When you take out the dead plug, exactly what does it look like. Need to know the color and shape of the filament.
So far, I'm guessing that you're too lean on the LSN, but don't make any adjustments yet.

We also need to know how it performs. How does it idle, how is the take off from a dead stop, and how is it at full speed?
 
actually it idles fine, and there really is no discoloration on the plug, just pops the wire up inside the p[lug. already planned on switching to trinity monster 20% when it wsas gone...lol
 

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