Originally Posted by
Werks
This is why making sure that you do things correctly is so important! Stuff like this though is not the engines fault, it is simply a result of the what happened to it. This is one of those unfortunate situations where I'm guessing that not putting a simple 5 cent zip tie around the air filter neck is what caused this to happen right?
Nope, everything was zip tied tight. I can't explain why the air filter came off - the neck was attached to the carb, it was the actual filter head that came off the neck. I've since re-attached it, and glued it in place in combination with a zip tie. It ain't coming off anytime soon...
Please don't misinterpret what I'm saying - I'm not blaming the engine Ron. I'm just unhappy about my bad luck.
Originally Posted by
Werks
In regards to the issues that you are now seeing you need to inspect your bearings. If you got enough dirt and dust through the engine to kill the P/S set then you got enough through it to damage the bearings. If so then you are going to see increased rolling resistance which is going to affect your idle and make all kind of weird stuff happen. My suggestion would be to pull the engine apart and check the front and rear bearing.
I don't have a huge amount of experience with nitro engines, so I couldn't tell if the P/S was really damaged or not - there was some scoring on the P/S, so I figured I may as well replace them.
Originally Posted by
Werks
Your carb o-ring and what not are more than likely not the issue.
Ok. I'll try and find some replacement bearings, but I have a feeling I'll have to order them.
(sigh) And so it goes.