Originally Posted by
razor_clawzz
hmm....some guys say that applying friction to the flywheel in order to stop it will cause harm to the conrod.
If you do something like jamming a screwdriver between the chassis and flywheel as a means to stop it abruptly ~ then yes, if could damage something.
But putting the toe of your shoe, or some tough guys even use their thumb, against the flywheel and thereby slowing it gently can do little or no damage to anything.
Originally Posted by
razor_clawzz
Burning the leftover fuel in the engine (before putting it away for some time) has the same effect as running lean. This is basically the same as the my methods above.
Putting a motor away for "some time," which also would include the application of after-run oil, and stopping during a normal day of continuous running are two entirely different things. Putting a car/truck away and running it dry beforehand is done because it's a way to run all the fuel out of the enitre fuel system, fuel lines, carb, etc., because it's not recommended to store a nitro car with fuel still in it as nitro fuel is very moisture (as in water) sensitive and moisture absorbing.
But simply put, I have never heard of
any internal combustion engine in which "running it lean to kill it" led to anything but shorter engine life and/or just plain killing it.
Especially with a 2-stroke, in which the engine lube (oil) is contained in the fuel, running lean robs the motor of its ever-important lubrication ~ not a good thing.
