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I think i smoked my motor

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First it was running too rich, so i took it to the shop to have them fix it (there the ones who told me it was too rich) so i take it home and run it maybe 5 minutes and it just died and now it wont start :(
The motor dont even sound the same to me as it did before when its cranking over.

So how much damage did i do? Its a sirio .23 in a revo.
 
Depends on whether or not you broke the engine in properly or not. It also depends on what the real symptoms are.

Does the engine turn at all?
Have you checked to see if you have a functional glo-plug?
Does your glo-ignitor have a solid charge on it?
Is fuel getting to the engine?

The list of questions can go on and on...

First thing, I would do...reset the needles for the engine to the factory pre-sets.

Second thing, pull the glo plug and check to see if it is still good.

If the engine has already been properly broken in and the glo plug is giving a nice hot glow (as in white or close to it...nothing orange or red), then see if the engine will turn over with a decent prime and try.

If not, then give us some more information...and we'll see what we can do.
 
Glow plug is good. I am prety sure it got too hot. The shop leaned it out but i think maybe too much and i wasn't checking the temp in the few minutes it was running. Plus like i said it just dont sound right when its turning over now. I would be willing to bet it has little or no compression, at least not enough to start.
Also the engine had not yet been fully broke in i dont think.
 
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Also the engine had not yet been fully broke in i dont think.

Then I would recommend resetting the needles to factory presets, and completing the break in...before doing anymore tweaking of the needles or "tuning".

If it doesn't start with the factory presets ... then you may indeed have a bigger problem.
 
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