Originally Posted by
Rtebbetts
When I begin to break in my Nitro Sport after christmas, should I use my heat gun to heat the engine up to 200 degrees and then begin to start it and do that for each tank? Or should I just leave it inside, heat it up to 70 degrees, start it and let it heat up by idling then continue to break it in? Also, its a Traxxas so theres will be wires feeding to the EZ start and glow plug so how can I prevent melting those while preheating?
Should post in engine forum. Heating the engine gets it to peek operating better, with less tear on the the engine itself.
Remove the body, wrap the motor in aluminum foil and evenly blow the air around the case being cautious to not touch the wires with the heat gun tip.
That will burn thru rubber, plastic, etc. the goal is warm up the engine to get it started an in the "break in recommend range"
The glow starter wire is connected to a engine that gets above 200 so don't worry about melting unless you touch it or leave the gun in one spot for too long.
Also, use the search feature for tons of tips on that engine.
Good luck