Piece of sh!t

[Nitro_Freak]

why don't you go to you lhs and have them help you out, it's kinda hard to eplain over the interent...

 

[6_dman_6]

Well my LHS is always saying the dumbest of things and are out there to rip you off and make money of you. asked how much a nitro rustler costs and they wanted to sell it to me for $450. That is out of the box! So if you need pictures or a video or something ask me for it and what you want a picture of.

 

[Rolex]

I would replace the shims anyway, along with the 4 bolts, & put it back together.. The head has got to be torqued down evenly in a criss cross fashion.

That's VERY important !!! If you put in one screw and tighten it before doing the rest, the head WILL NOT seat flat. Drop in the screws, and spin them in finger tight. Then start to snug them in a criss cross pattern, getting a little tighter each time. about 4 or 5 times should do it, and assure that the head seats evenly all around.

 

[olds97_lss]

First of all, is there a shim? Secondly, the screw slop when not tight is normal. These things aren't built by nasa, so there may be some slop in some things.

How about some backstory...
What vehicle is it?
What engine is it?
When did it start spewing fuel out on you?
What did you do to it just before that happened?
Did you buy it that way?
Is this your first nitro experiance?
How old is the engine if it's not new? (how many gallons have been through it)
What were your engine temps when it was running?
Did it ever run?
What have you tried up to this point before you started asking questions?
Are you less than 20 years old? (I don't really care, but if I decide to go on a swearing tangent, I want to know I'm not cussing out an 8 year old...)

If your LHS sucks, all we can do is suggest things, since we can't be there for ourselves. If you have a camera that can take clear pics, clean everything up, take a pic before you take it apart. Take the head off, take a pic. Show us a pic of both sides of the shim. Show us a pic of the underside of the engine head with it off. Show us a pic of the crank case top straight down and a pic of each side with the head off.

 

[AC48]

Was that a question? Well the screws only wiggle when checked without the cooling head on and only with the part that holds the glow plug in on. I only put the screws in halfway and they wiggled a little.
Also when the cooling head is off the part that holds the glow plug in shoots up when you pull the pull start that is normal, right?

Yes, when there are no screws to hold the underhead (the silver thing that holds the glow plug on) on then the compression of the engine will force the underhead upward unless held on.

 

[6_dman_6]

First of all, is there a shim? Secondly, the screw slop when not tight is normal. These things aren't built by nasa, so there may be some slop in some things.

How about some backstory...
What vehicle is it?
What engine is it?
When did it start spewing fuel out on you?
What did you do to it just before that happened?
Did you buy it that way?
Is this your first nitro experiance?
How old is the engine if it's not new? (how many gallons have been through it)
What were your engine temps when it was running?
Did it ever run?
What have you tried up to this point before you started asking questions?
Are you less than 20 years old? (I don't really care, but if I decide to go on a swearing tangent, I want to know I'm not cussing out an 8 year old...)

If your LHS sucks, all we can do is suggest things, since we can't be there for ourselves. If you have a camera that can take clear pics, clean everything up, take a pic before you take it apart. Take the head off, take a pic. Show us a pic of both sides of the shim. Show us a pic of the underside of the engine head with it off. Show us a pic of the crank case top straight down and a pic of each side with the head off.

I have a piece Lightning RR Buggy RTR.
I have a hotbodies .21 engine.
It started yesterday at around um 7:00 pm
I fixed the tire because the screw fell out.
No it cam brand new and worked fine.
This is my first care but I've had it for a year.
My engine is 1 year old. maybe 3 gallons
I don't have a temp gun.(yet)
Ya it ran for 3 days. Then yesterday I fixed the tire I started pulling the pullstart and I was soaked with fuel
I took off the head and under head inspected them made sure nothing was stripped. Checked the gloplug. Put it back on tightened it and it did it again.
Ya I'm under 20 but go ahead swear I ain't eight. Everyone gets frusterated. I just type 200 words per minute.

I'll get all of the pic in a min. Ya my cam is clear it's meant for fish and plants. My other hobby.

I'm not going to get the pics in tonight I'm tired. Anyways I think my muffler/exaust might be the problem because I blamed the mysterious oil in my pullstart on my muffler. Well I'll be on later tomorrow.

 

[Çh®i§tiªñ]

Go and buy new shims
replace the shims
tighten that son of a bitch down so tight that god will need to help you remove it
try it again

if it still spews, watch by the exhaust

oh hell, just buy a new rubber gasket for inbetween your header and block.

Replace that too!

Then, put a second spring on to hold the exhaust header in place. 2 is better than 1.

Then, if it still leaks, look for cracks in your block.

Wait, do that first, then do the rest.

Could be a leak around your carb too.

Maybe the fuel is coming through your air filter.

The engine is a year old? 3 gallons?

Hmmmm, maybe its spent.

Try another engine if you have one.

Did you install the copper gasket the right way? Put the plug IN the BOWL then screw it into the button head.

Dont undo the button.

Follow?

Cause I'm lost as all hell!

 

[HP Invent]

Go buy the manual that's produced by RC Action...........Nitro Basics. Its a great piece of information that provides all the issues with nitro engines. Actually, I still use it.

 

[WA2FAST]

My guess is that it is either the exhaust leak as olds mentioned, or something did not get put back together right at one point in time. Have you made it back up to your hobby shop yet? I really think you should be going there with problems like these. You saying that your LHS says dumb things... that's hilarious. No offense guy, but have you tried to read what you have posted and make sense out of it? You need a good lesson on Nitro, patients, and how everything works before you keep tearing everything down and slapping it back together. Obviously the problem came from you taking it apart at some point, engines don't just start spewing fuel most of the time unless they are not put together correctly. In fact, I have never seen what you are describing. Get a book and read just as HP Invent said... it will do you a WORLD of good. I just don't think you have the know how and patience for nitro yet and are hurting yourself here more than anything. Just because your motor doesn't start doesn't mean you take the whole thing apart... see what I mean? I realize that you are learning, we all are every day, but there are common ways of troubleshooting that almost never require taking an engine apart unless something is PHYSICALY wrong with it... in this case, you have now created that scenario by taking it apart when it didn't need to be. Go read that book, read your instruction manual, use the damn SEARCH feature on this forum and don't just start tearing poop apart for no reason when you can take the time to learn how to troubleshoot and correct a problem properly. Sometimes I just don't understand some people's thought pattern... I'm starting to lose my patience with this post. It's like trying to teach a kid how to ride a bike for the first time... with no wheels, just because he decided that the wheels were bad since he couldn't ballance himself right the first time he tried. :shrug:

 

[olds97_lss]

Patience... I hate spelling...

I agree with WA2Fast, if this is your first, read a lot before you go to far. It will save you money and time down the line.

 

[WA2FAST]

Patience... I hate spelling...

Corrected. I hate spelling too... don't know how I missed it, that stuff drives me nuts. onder: :nono:

 

[olds97_lss]

I can't spell. Any time I'm typing, I have a word doc open to copy paste to check my spelling... well, most of the time.

 

[6_dman_6]

well, I think I figured it out. It stopped hissing and now the muffler just makes noises. Well I may take it out later. My friend that's bad luck is gone so I may take it out.

 

[olds97_lss]

So... what was it?

 

[WA2FAST]

My friend that's bad luck is gone so I may take it out.

Jesus, here we go again. What the hell is that supposed to mean?! Do you honestly think we are supposed to make sense out of what you say?

well, I think I figured it out. It stopped hissing and now the muffler just makes noises.

Enough jiberish... what was the problem?

 

[fisherman]

To me it sounds like he didnt take the original gasket shem off of the old head and put it on the new one.And like yall said didnt tighten it right.

 

[cbreaker]

Who knows. I do applaud you guys for trying to help him though; while reading his posts I had to keep guessing what he meant. I think that it was just a bad mesh between the head/shim/engine. These things aren't that complicated when you get into it. Hell, I guess it could have even been a crack in the engine block or head too. But probably not.

All it takes is to simply read your post back to yourself before you send it. I do this and usually get something that other people can read =)

 

[WA2FAST]

All it takes is to simply read your post back to yourself before you send it. I do this and usually get something that other people can read =)

Or in his case, a LOT.