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i have a tmaxx and i have boughten 2 glow plugs and they burn up after the first time i started it with them can any one please tell me y
 
well you could be running too lean or maybe you just got a bad batch of plugs!!!
 
when i was breakin mine in i went through bout 4 til i got it broke in and tuned up, now i been runnin same plug for over 2 weeks no problems.
 
jimmy42074 said:
i have a tmaxx and i have boughten 2 glow plugs and they burn up after the first time i started it with them can any one please tell me y
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what do the plugs look like if they are light grey or white its to lean if they are black its rich
check your tune
also a while back i brought back a old 2.5 that sat for over a year and for some reason it burned up alot of plugs then one day it stopped maybe the after run oil turns bad after a while
i dont no if this is the case for you just a thought
 
i was using wd40 as a after run oil and ur rite! i thought i fouled a pile of glowplugs until i cleaned them with break cleaner and in the end they all worked
 
tmaxxbasher said:
i was using wd40 as a after run oil and ur rite! i thought i fouled a pile of glowplugs until i cleaned them with break cleaner and in the end they all worked
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i have learned to much after run oil or wd40 is not a good thing sometimes you will make the plugs gunk up just a little spray or 2 is plenty
glad i could help
:D
 
I've never had any issues from using wd40 as after run oil. Have you guys treid the newer fuel that traxxas makes? They claim that you don't even need after run oil now
 
SteelCityNitro said:
I've never had any issues from using wd40 as after run oil. Have you guys treid the newer fuel that traxxas makes? They claim that you don't even need after run oil now
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did not say it was bad any after run oil or wd40 just might gunk up your plugs if you use to much.
i have not seen the new fuel. is it top fuel? do you have a link or a site?
wow, no after run pro. traxxas is really trying to make this hobby easy.
kinda wierd nitro fuel absorbs so much water i wonder how they made that stuff:\:\:\
 
Listen to that little skeptical voice in your head. Why not use after run oil. Traxxas fuel isn't worth the bottle it comes in anyways.
 
xfiftyrxmaxx said:
did not say it was bad any after run oil or wd40 just might gunk up your plugs if you use to much.
i have not seen the new fuel. is it top fuel? do you have a link or a site?
wow, no after run pro. traxxas is really trying to make this hobby easy.
kinda wierd nitro fuel absorbs so much water i wonder how they made that stuff:\:\:\
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It's top fuel power plus. I didnt see anything in the article about it, but I do have some downstairs and it claims that no need for after run oil
http://www.traxxas.com/products/accessories/trx_accessories_topfuel.htm
 
Metalhead Matt said:
Listen to that little skeptical voice in your head. Why not use after run oil. Traxxas fuel isn't worth the bottle it comes in anyways.
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agreed
bought a gallon once never again
and I'm going to call... straight bull@#&% on the no after after run oil i can't understand how traxxas can claim it and i dont believe it
 
Kinda like the old Slick 50 commercials where they run the engine without oil. Why the hell would you even give it a thought. Traxxas also calls the tmaxx "tough" outta the box.
 

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