Help!!

[raaazzzeee]

i have a duratrax 1/8th scale buggy it started and ran fine last night and i tried to start it today and it was incredibly hard to pull so i figured floded took the glow plug out and pulled te recoil and fuel came out like normal so i check my glow plug it light up fine (its almost new) then i tried again same problem so i leaned the LSN from FACTORY setting and it still didnt work wouldnt even buge the exaust is filled with gas but i can't be flooding it because the LSN is so lean it will barly idle at full th trim i have no idea wuts wrong

 

[SkyMaxx]

If the exhaust is full of fuel, then either you have flooded it...or your ignitor is not getting hot enough. When you say the glow plug lights up, what color is it? Bright white...to the point where you can't really look at it? Or yellowish red? If it is not bright white or darn close, then either the plug is going bad or the glo-ignitor batteries need charging or replacing.

As for the flooding question, once the glo plug is confirmed to be good, we can address that issue. In the meantime, return the needles to the factory presets.

 

[raaazzzeee]

needles r at factory glow plug glows orange and the exaust is only full of fuel because i pulled the cord 100 times i can't think of whats wrong

 

[SkyMaxx]

If you have pulled the cord 100 times without lighting off then it is indeed flooded. Remove the plug, and tip the thing upside down to let the fuel out of the engine...or remove the fuel feed and pull the cord a few more times to pump the fuel out of the exhaust and then tip the exhaust to get the extra fuel out of the exhaust.

If the glo plug is orange, then you may want to charge or replace the battery in the glo ignitor. An orange glow is not hot enough to ignite the fuel. If you have charged the batteries or replaced them and still the glo plug is orange, try a new glo plug.

 

[raaazzzeee]

did exactly what you said and its still puking gas out of the exaust. the LSN is set to factory but it looks way to far out for me when i got it it seemed way further in than that it say the factory is 12 1/2 turns for all the way in but at that setting it looks like the screw is about to fall out

 

[SkyMaxx]

So you have a white hot glo plug, now?

If the LSN is nearly falling out...that is not right and is why you are flooding your engine so easily. What engine is it? Need manufacturer, model and size if you have it.

 

[raaazzzeee]

its a .27 super tiger engine came on a duratrax and i got it started the user manual was way out of wack (about 5 turns) i have no idea why, but it wont idle at all unless i have full th trim

 

[SkyMaxx]

Is this the engine?

CLICK HERE

 

[raaazzzeee]

yep that my car 2

 

[SkyMaxx]

If so, on engines with slide carbs, I have seen that the proper setting of the LSN is to have the head of the needle screw flush with the control horn surface. As in the screw is flat not indented into the housing as illustrated in the owner's manual. The other thing I noticed is that the owner's manual says to have the screw adjusted while holding the carb open; were you doing it that way or not? Sometimes these things need to be followed to the letter.

 

[raaazzzeee]

yes i did that exctly and it came like your explaining (almost in the thing it goes into) from the factory and i adjusted and then decided to return to stock and then my problems started frrom there