Hi guys,
I tried to start my brand new sts .28 up for the first time tonight and ran into some trouble.
It would start, run for 2-3 seconds and die. Over and over and I couldn't get it to stay running. It happened at idle and also with a little bit of throttle open. It would start, run for 2 seconds and stop. Even leaving the glow starter attached made no difference.
I tried factory setting, a bit leaner, a bit richer everything.
I'm using new 5% nitro (just for running in purposes), a brand new OS A5 glowplug, and a fully charged glow starter indicating a healthy plug with its needle.
Before I ever used it I stripped the threading in the cooling head by screwing a glowplug in to tight. I have subsequently installed a replacement and all my compression is back.
Does anyone know why this is happening? Its driving me insane (no pun intended).
Cheers
Chris
I tried to start my brand new sts .28 up for the first time tonight and ran into some trouble.
It would start, run for 2-3 seconds and die. Over and over and I couldn't get it to stay running. It happened at idle and also with a little bit of throttle open. It would start, run for 2 seconds and stop. Even leaving the glow starter attached made no difference.
I tried factory setting, a bit leaner, a bit richer everything.
I'm using new 5% nitro (just for running in purposes), a brand new OS A5 glowplug, and a fully charged glow starter indicating a healthy plug with its needle.
Before I ever used it I stripped the threading in the cooling head by screwing a glowplug in to tight. I have subsequently installed a replacement and all my compression is back.
Does anyone know why this is happening? Its driving me insane (no pun intended).
Cheers
Chris