If the engine is flood that means to much fuel in going into the engine because the HSN is open to much which will cause the engine to lock and it will not start as there is to much fuel for the engine to burn hench it will not start,if you look on this site you will find all the info you need on setting up and running your engine to starting it.
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Do not turn a flooded engine over it may lead to a bent conrod.If it is a Glow engine remove plug then manaully rotate till all the fuel in the bore has been blown out the glow hole. If its a desiel slacken of the compression screw on top of the cylinder head. Carefully try and rotate but don't force it. Further to the desiel you may remove the silencer and turn the enginge so the piston is lowered to the level of the exhaust port and gently blow the fuel out. The above should be done with the needle jet in the closed position.When satisfied the the hydraulic has been removed restart your engine by setting the needle jet a little turn at a time till the engine fires up. If the engine starts up revs fast then stops quickly it is lean ,needs a little (a little ) more open on the needle valve. If the engine is hard to turn over or wants to not turn over the fuel is too rich you then have rejuce the flow of fuel to the engine. Be careful as the latter is getting near to a hydraulic lock up. You do need to try and start the engine a little rich to keep the revs down till it has run in for little time. I run my engine in at 2X5 minutes and then 3x 10 minute sessions.When the engine is run in fully you will be able to get peak revs. When you do turn your needle jet to increase a little more fuel to run the engine a little rich making lubrcation better. just a matter of gaining experience and it will come. Hope this helps
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Hello,
Im new to all of this so would like some advice on adjusting the Kyosho gx15 engine. I know it has a single needle adjustment but am not sure how far i should unscrew it i have it on 3 turns out at the moment. When i accelerate it seems to splutter and then go, but sometimes stalls as well. is it a case of not enough fuel or too much? thanks in advance for your help.Comment
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Hi Neo and Welcome to the Forums
3 Turns is bit too rich for that engine, try 2 & a 1/4 turns and you should be fine....Only increase the turns slightly when running from cold but once warmed up, back off the setting to the one I have suggested.
I use that setting all the time now on my nephews cars and they run fine on that.
Good Luck
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best method i use is 1/4 turn increases at a time starting from 1 3/4. normally my cars settle around 2.5. Best tip is once u have found the right point then grab a tippex marker and run a line across the seam of the two parts and that way you can always match it up again! :-)Comment
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Mind and shake your fuel container before you fill the tank on the car
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Hi Thanks for the Advice, it seems to be running ok on 1 ½ turns out, but that seems too lean really, what do you think? Also I get the car to idle and brake right indoors but when I go outside and hold the brake it cuts out, is this because of the difference in air tempeture?
Also im getting fed up with the pull starter, how hard / expensive is it to change this?
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might need to remove pull start from engine and use a hand held starter .I think this was used on the wheel connected throu to the engine a bit of an old way to start the engine.I would keep the pull start once the enginge has settle down and you know the fuel mixture setting and your engine (there different trust me)it will conme into its own.You have run the engine in ?Comment
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replacing the pull start really isnt that hard, its basically just a coiled spring with some string attached in a plastic housing.
Yes indoor/outdoors will make a difference, espieaclly at this time of year. You should also notice that its slightly easier to start when the engine is warm!Comment
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hi iam wondring if some1 can send me a link to find thunder tiger ts4n parts what are cheap.Comment
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HELLO
this is me markieuk i am new and also i agree with u as i get all my parts from ebay and i got the gx12 engine for 26 pounds not bad price (brand new) so i am still getting parts from ebay.
cheers
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Hi Markie and welcome to the forums.
Yes that is a good price for the GX12 on ebay and is exactly what I paid for mine on there too. Did you get yours with or without the Carb..??
If it came without the carb, do you have the carb retaining bolt..?? as these can be hard to track down. My Engine came without the carb as do a lot of these on e-bay, there are a few complete engines for sale on there.
The Carb to buy new alone is £29.99p, so best have a look on e-bay for one as I did. I got a brand new one for £18 on there. I was fortunate in that a local model shop was able to match up a carb bolt for me. Without this bolt you cannot run the engine as the carb will just fly off.
Regards......Mark.Comment
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Hi all
I'm a newbie to nitro and just bought my first one. A fully built deagostini astra from ebay, needs a receiver and glow starter but all seems complete otherwise, it has never even had fuel in it!!
I know they are dear to buy in bits but £40 with all the mags sounded too good to miss.
Only thing missing is it has a large silencer not attached and the exhaust goes straight out under the car, is there an extra piece of pipe to adapt?
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Hi all
One or two of you are building trucks. Am I too late to start building ie what issue are the truck building model onComment
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