rebiult my engine, now wont start

[challis349]

hi all, I had a bad experience with ebay, a mint engine turned into damaged piston and sleeve, so i took the engine apart, and rebuilt it with new piston, sleeve and conrod, its an axial .32, now i can't get any fuel into the engine, please help, thanks

 

[unknown123]

two things.Replace the fuel lines and are you priming proply.Try this.Take to fuel line going to the exhaust and blow in the pressure tube untill you see fuel reach the carb.

hope this helped =p

 

[samrsnow]

Also make sure you pre-heat the engine to 200F before you start it.

 

[stevecz28]

pre lube the cylinder/piston with some after run oil via the glow plug hole also. helps with that initial startup.

 

[evilgrin]

sounds silly but did you check the glow plug and the ignitor?

also is the sleeve in the right way round?

 

[Gabskee]

I'm not sure about this engine, though make sure the open hole in the piston faces the crankcase and not the exhaust. I Made this rookie mistake once, resulting in no back pressure.

 

[challis349]

hi thanks for all te help, took tube off exhaust and blew till fuel in the carb, fired up first time, worked wonders, put the rest of the parts back together on my savage and get it back on the dirt, thanks all

 

[DuckStang]

hi thanks for all te help, took tube off exhaust and blew till fuel in the carb, fired up first time, worked wonders, put the rest of the parts back together on my savage and get it back on the dirt, thanks all

Take your time breaking it in. My ax .28 runs like a monster, i just can't immagine what a .32 will do.

 

[challis349]

Take your time breaking it in. My ax .28 runs like a monster, i just can't immagine what a .32 will do.

yeah, will do, i only ran it for bout 10 secs when it started as it was 10 at night and the neighbours are not very appreciative round here, haha, do you know the factory settings for the needles for ax motors? as can't find any info on them, thanks

 

[challis349]

its ok, i found it on the internet, all flush, and hsn flush with groove, havent manual but found it on axial website

 

[Gee]

I got the .28 and the .32. Both have been excellent engines for me. One thing to keep an eye on is the mid range needle. They have a tendencey to loosen up over time, even if you've never adjusted them. Can create some frustration if you don't notice they have moved a little. I've never needed to adjust that needle so I just sealed it with rtv to keep it from moving on me.