megasig

Hi all
I had this problem yesterday.
After a long straight with full load im braking for the turn.
On the exit of the turn when i apply gas (not full throttle) the engine dies.
After that it is not easy to start again needing 5-10 times on the pull starter to get the engine running again.
Any help would be appreciated
Regards

pininfarina

iTrader: (16)

you might be runing it too rich... have you try to lean it out?

pininfarina

iTrader: (16)

you might want to check out nitro engine mtce thread

cheers!

megasig

Thanks pininfarina already did that and read other tutorials also but i didnt find something related.
Forgot to say that this happened after half an hour of playing with the car running ok and responding fine.
I haven yet touched the low speed needle and the high speed needle is 1/4 leaner from the stock adjustments.
Regards

AndyT ©

It may be that the glow plug needs replacing.

tc4kid191

The engine sounds like it choking it could be runing too rich

megasig

@ AndyT . How can you tell if the glow plug needs replacing (for ex i put it alone on the glow starter and it burns fine).
@ tc4kid191 You could be right because the sound that its making just before it dies sounds like is choking (although im a newbie on gas rc).
In that case wich needle needs adjustments??
Is it possible that the needles losing their adjustments on their own (i mean from the vibrations)??
Regards

pininfarina

iTrader: (16)

it's possibility that the needles was out by vibrations, I had the same problem... took out the carb and replace the worn o-ring... then use silicon RTV..red one.. to seal it back

yes, it's sound like it's choking.. the top needle...turn inwards.. clockwise to lean

AndyT ©

Sometimes the glow plug looks to burn okay when its out of the car, but for some reason its not reaching its proper temp hence the car "flaming out".
The engine changing tune wont necessarily be from the needles losing their adjustments.....my guess would be its more due to weather conditions changing.
As weather conditions change (temp/humidity etc) so will the tune of a nitro engine.
Cheers

AndyT ©

Theres a very good post at the link below on weather and its affect on engine tune, scroll about half way down the page, its by a guy called AFM-
http://www.rctech.net/forum/showthre...&pagenumber=30

Redwings

iTrader: (4)

You may also want to check you Idle screw. sometimes when you brake full the carb sometime closes to far and shuts down.

Thanks