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ZANDOR

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whats the best way to shut your mill down.shoe on fly wheel w/finger over exuast,finger over exuast pinching fuel line...????????????????????????????????????????????????
 
probably the best way is to pinch the fuel line. i forgot which one but it think covering the exhaust will flood the engine( I've heard of it doing that [never to me]) i have not tried to put my shoe on the flywheel yet.
 
I always put my finger over the exhaust. Never had any problems doing it except for maybe a hot finger tip, lol.
 
Pinch the fuel line. It may lean the engine for a second or two but you won't have the headache of unflooding the engine every time you shut it down.

At the same time you will be doing the pinch test to verify if tuning settings are correct.
 
you whould think that putting your finger over the exuast with all that back presure whould blow out something????
 
I always put my finger over the exhaust and have never had a problem. It is my preferred way of doing it honestly. If you run a little longer backpressure line than normal it will shut down a little bit smoother.
 
the best way is stop the flywheel with your shoe.

Pinching the fuel line will cause a lean condition for a brief moment. That brief moment is VERY lean. No fuel through your engine while it spins means no lube and we all know what happens when we dont have enough lube.

Plugging the exhaust causes a rich condition and excessive pressure in the engine. The rich condition is not so bad if it doesn't flood. Flooding is only really a hassle, but the excessive pressure is bad. This may cause premature failure on engine seals, which cause air leaks, which cause lean conditions. which means no lube, and we all know what happens when we dont have enough lube.

I use to plug the exhaust untill I found out this information. My engines now have less air leaks. By stopping the flywheel, your engine will be happier. It wont be leaned out or flooded and the seals should last longer.

--NooP
 
i agree with you noop on the back pressure blowing out seals.thats what i was thinking. but what do you think about when you stop your mill when you put the boot to the crank.don't you think that doing that could cause stress on the rod????with the compression on the piston.you would think when you did that.there whould be a lot of stress there to....ie(stress on the rod...
 
ok i have to go with el on this.if its good for him its all right for me.how can you not listen to the man. noop i see what your talkin about but man you keep doing that boot to the crank.your are going to have more problems. then just blowen seals......
 
I've done both. But I prefer plugging the exhaust since it shuts it down right away. I haven't had any problems doing that on both of my engines.
 
Originally posted by NooP
like what?

--NooP
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like streched rod. streched =putting the piston into the top of the head.i would rather have blowen seals than blowen piston and head ruined
 
Not to mention that it could ruin your damn shoes. LOL Ok so pinching the fuel line well this happens if you run your tank out of fuel anyways. I mean it's the same thing. So what does that really matter. Plugging the exhaust is the honest way to go. Engines were made to go a brief second or two without lube guys. IMHO what happens when you crank it over no lube there.
 
Originally posted by NooP
explain to me how this will stretch the rod?

--NooP
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when you (put the boot) to your crank it is travling up and down w/the compression in the mill. when is on the up stroke when you do this it will strech the rod. i wish i could explain this better to you.better yet show you pics of an engin after the front endhas been plowed in to the frame of a 1/1 car. causeing the motor to seize.
 
IMHO what happens when you crank it over no lube there.
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I prime my engines first.

when you (put the boot) to your crank it is travling up and down w/the compression in the mill. when is on the up stroke when you do this it will strech the rod.
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I can see what you are saying, but I do not think it will stretch the rod any more than reving the engine to 30k. Stopping the engine at idle by means of stopping the flywheel has very minimal damage.

Of the three methods said, I have to believe stopping the flywheel is by far the safest. But that does not mean the other two are horrible ways to stop an engine. I don't really believe that doing any of these three methods will reduce the life of your engine aslong as you maintain them properly.

--NooP
 
Just go with the finger over the exhaust, enough said. I had my both of my maxxs for a little over a year and that is how I always stopped it. Motors are still strong. Save the shoes, save the talks about streching and all that other good stuff, lol. El has been in this for I know longer than me and probably newnitrofan so they know what going on.
 
Alot of people put there blunt end uf their thumb ont he fly wheel. I thought it would rip it up put I'll be damn if it just didnt stop it right away.
 

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