5 Things To Do If Your Nitro RC Car Engine Won't Run
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I bought my 11 year old a bandit. I had so much fun driving it with him, I bought myself a bigfoot. A co-worker say, "I have an older RC you can have if you want it." I say sure, and he delivers a Revo 3.3 with the radio. He wouldn't take a dime for it. We run it a sandstone quarry. It absolutely flies...
Damn that’s a nice coworker! Score!
I have 2 revo 3.3s one with NOS direct inject system they go so fast
#1 Give up and cry in the corner
Agree
@@rc_teo_nade_216❤3❤4. Wizard time pipe
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Dude I have two tmaxxs and neither of them run and my grandmas bf is giving me a jato im going to explode
@AlexSmith-qq8rf Take your time, set the carbs to factory settings, and go from there. Sometimes, they get gunked up when sitting and haven't been given after run maintenance. Then you need to do a total tear down of the carb and motor, all the way to the block. Get a carb seal kit, clean as best you can with carb cleaner or whatever you have, reassemble and then go from factory settings. This is for anyone looking for advice. If on a budget, be very careful when disassembling so as not to tear the seals. Clean everything down to the jets, and then put back together. It's been done successfully many times. Good luck with your nitro. They are a blast when they're running.
I literally just a Revo 3.3 from a neighbor. It is an older model and they have no clue when it was last run. I Bought all new batteries, fuel, and a new glow plug. I am hoping I can get it going with that. This will be my first nitro car, let alone RC car. I have a limited budget so fingers crossed I can get it going.
I have a nitro slash that was sitting outside in the rain for at least 6 months and was able to get it running just by putting fuel in it. I just need a new exhaust because it bent out of shape 😂
Teach us how to tune the carbs and how to get a solid idol out of it please
if youve tried everything and still cat get it to idle pull of your motor and check clutch spring mine wouldnt idle no matter what and i found the clutch spring was broke. replaced it and never had a problem
I know I am quite randomly asking but does anybody know a good website to watch newly released tv shows online ?
@Wilder Fletcher I would suggest Flixzone. Just google for it =)
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@Adriel Spencer thanks, I went there and it seems to work :) Appreciate it !!
Lol, this video would have really helped me out a few weeks ago when I first got my T-maxx 3.3. I was having trouble with it recently actually, it seemed to be running decent, definitely needed tuning, but ran decent. Suddenly the engine fell on it's face, acted like the LSN was way to rich. It spit tons of raw fuel out of the exhaust even with the LSN screwed all the way down, and coated my rear tire in oil. Decided to get some new glow plugs. The one I was running was one that I used previously, and I tested another glow plug that came with the truck when I bought it used. That glow plug was worse, barely stayed running with the glow igniter on, and pretty much instantly died when I took the igniter off. Wasn't the results I was hoping for, but results are results and at least that gave me a clue that it might be the glow plug. Got a couple of new ones in today, gonna run it and see if it works.
Also, definitely gotta make sure to charge the glow igniter. I've made that mistake. Walked my truck all the way up the street to an open field to run it, and couldn't get it to start. Finally realized it was a dead glow igniter. I do agree with removing the Traxxas EZ-start wire though, it just gets beat up wayyy too quickly.
Damn
Thank you for this: In my case, it was the Blue Wire on my Nitro Rustler.
I have an older RC car (Late 80's early 90's Thunder Tiger Panda Danny Thompson stadium racer) and used the glow plug igniter from that and it started right up!
Also a good idea to check your throttle boot. That accordion looking piece of rubber by the throttle linkage. It can get a tear in it and will lean out the mixture. That was a rabbit hole I wouldn't wish on anyone to go down, lol.
3yrs later I hope you learned the throttle boot has nothing to do with air leaks at all it doesn’t even seal tight enough to make a air tight seal & if it was air tight everytime it idles it would blow up like a bubble and when you wot it would suck it tight none of that happens cuz it’s purely there as a dust seal if you take the carb apart it will have a rubber seal or a little band groove around the inside of the throttle body when the fuel enters this makes a seal chances are it was lean anyway so it wasn’t sealing properly or the throttle shuttle was worn and then the boot might of actually been helping but it definitely isn’t a seal intended to stop air leaks 😮
You did great work on that Revo build Mark! Great to see it running/driving again.
I’d love a silver chassis. Never seen one for sale, never really looked either.
1. did that
glo plug fine.
brand new engine.3.3
did you just recharge the glo plug without the battery ???can you charge it this way?
Glow Plugs usually work or they don't. If it glows bright it is fine no need to replace. The Traxxas Easy Start wand has a Glow Circuit in it that quits working it's not the wire usually. If it won't glow a New Plug it is Usually the wand. The Stock Traxxas setup is pretty reliable as long as your engine is tuned well and you don't over crank it. Start it like you would start your real car. If it don't start after a couple of Cranks give it a break to cool down don't just keep cranking.
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I broke mine in the Adam Drake way...idled 4 tanks then 10 minute cool down time with piston bdc position..., 5th quarter throttle brake, 6th half throttle brake, 7th 3 quarter throttle brake 8th full throttle brake..10 minutes cool down time between tanks with piston bdc position ..then tune engine in for peak performance...no issues
Thanks for doing nitro, I have a tmaxx 3.3. Awesome video like always brotha!
Yo mark whats up its William from NJ how you doing, me and boys love your videos, you explain everything so easily your the man MR KING REVO forget about it
Your kids are so lucky. So many toys, you have so much knowledge of the hobby. Cool truck. I'm hoping for a nitro for xmas...another good video, great tips . Thnx for sharing...
Love the cut man, looking clean👌 love the content!! Cant wait to see the purple 3.3🤘👌🔥
You forgot 1... make sure you have (no) air leaks... awesome video 👍
Nice vid
i have an 8 year old nitro 4tec 3.3 which i recovered from storage at my mums but it won't run... thank you for the tips - all the way for the UK!
Thanks mark for the info for my revo and love your merch i ordered a 2XL-4XL i hope it works
Sometimes I put a little extra fuel in the carb if it doesn’t catch or I take the glow plug and blow on it to clean it and it works
Great information, down to point! Cheers from Ontario Bud!!
I have a stampede 2 wheel drive
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This damn emax 2.5 . My God. New Glow plug, and Still when the box gags out Like yours was and you re hit it, it ain't starting like yours. I ordered an igniter. It's a day or two out. I notice when I check the glow plug, it lights bright for a quick second, then dims back. I'm hoping that it. I put a pull starter on it because I thought my starter was weak, but I see yours acts just like mine. It rolls until the thermal protection starts to dial it back. Same time and everything. Gotta be this junk box. Bought it brand new. Guess a lot of people have problems with them.
I have followed all these steps well at least i think i have done them correctly need help getting the car back on
I’ll add one!! If you’ve been driving and your tune changes as you drive, sometimes your car won’t re start after it sits, your air filter could be too dirty! California is dusty and I’ve had my car get WAY too rich just within one tank and it wouldn’t even restart. Changed air filter and it fired right up and ran perfect.
Take the filter off, see what happens
Ele trucks are bad ass but can't beat the smell of nitrous burning
I’ve been wanting a nitro car for so long! My B-Day is coming up so hopefully I can get one then!
that’s expensive bud
I should almost just give you mine to get rig of the headaches it causes me lol. Stick with electric unless you have lots of patience and love to tune and tinker every time you want to run it. Much easier to plug in the the battery and go lol. JMO
Ron Brannen shit lemme get it
I personally love my nitro slash and my nitro Mac
I have a nitro slash too for what they are they fly
how do you turn off you nitro? Do you pinch the fuel line, hold the flywheel or plug the exhaust?
RC Guru my tmaxx 3.3 has a thing on the fuel line to pinch it shut to shut
it off
I run venom 5000 7.2v high power nimh battery in my traxxas starterboxs .it work very well with blue glo plug wire. I been run 5000 battery sent 1998 .most of the it a bad connection where the starterbox plug in to blue wire. They are alumuin they lose contact very easy here. I been runing traxxas nitro sent 1996.still do. ✌
Thanks for the tips!
Awsome tip kabayan 💪
2:42 actually starts content
Ty
❤️ the clip U r a gentleman nice friendly dude with very generous helpful tips very much appreciated 👍
Heck yeah, purple is my fav color! I have a lil trouble gettin my tuned rite. I can get the start up n idle, but i cant get a good tune. I see guys pullin wheelies, instant take off wen they crack the throttle, but mine kinda bogs out wen i hit the throttle. Ive leaned it, ive tryed to richen it n still no good
nice informal video I have a Traxxas truck it does not pull sometimes can you repair those issues
Revisiting this video for like the 5th time.... long story short my nitro is now converted to electric 😂
Really helpful. Thanks.
Thank you this helped me a lot
Thanks.Gonna pull out my TMaxx, my ( I love it) HPI Big Block 4.6 , and my Red Cat Volcano SH18 motor with the drill starter wand. Not pulling!!!
The TMaxx has the EZ Start system but I gotta replace the OWB, One Way Bearing in the EZ Start. New Goal Plugs for all and fresh gallon of 20%
Installed new Turbo Racing 3 or 6 channel TX-RX systems in the Volcano as iबकवास सिर
t only needs 2 and the 3rd can be LED lights?
Have a 1st gen E Maxx too. It's getting a new DumboRC TX-RX 6 channel as I have a Warn winch and s lights, with an AKK , 5.8 gHz AIO All In One 40 channel camera with a 5" monitor/receiver by Little Pilot. GREAT VIDEO SYSTEM!!!
Have a Brushless SLASH with OBA, On Board Audio. too, but needs an ESC. Oh my. They are proud of them!!!
Would really like to find a Novac EVX I think? The original ESC for the EMaxx with the twin brushed 550 motors. It's orange. It has 2 of the Tamiya type battery input and two motor outputs. Need one so bad!!!
They are high dollar and hard to find. They are still the best. Oh, maybe Castle or somebody else makes one?
Mine runs until the glow plug is removed! It ran once about 5 minutes. It’s brand new and I can’t even break it in. It’s my son’s who has autism 😢
can you make a video explaining what a glow plug and igniter are? where are the located and what do they do?
What tires are you running on your Revo
you need more revos.
First thing is unbolt the engine throw as far as you can then convert it to electric!!!
Can you do video on how to fix a gelled up engine that had fuel sitting in over the winter I’m new to nitro I just got my traxxas revo 3.3 last year
thx for this video taught me a lot :)
What does it sound like when the igniter is bad?
So I finally got mine to shift and run correctly so I thought. Well after blown fuse on charger and getting tuned and charged finally lol I ran it for like 15 mins then just shut off while idling... went to start again nothing .... held it forever to start nothing. Gas a little nothing to the point now I think I flooded it.. drippage from the exhaust being why I say that but what do I do man it's brand new barely broke it in
So I'm working on a friends nitro rustler 2.5. It needed some work. Installed a new engine, new ezstart, new wire harness, new power switch so it can run the rechargeable 5 cell battery pack originally it was the 4 battery system. Badly corroded! The tray was basically filled with dried up battery acid. New steering servo. I even got and painted a new body and installed new wheels/tires. Anyways there's no fuel going through the lines even after blocking the exhaust.. any ideas? I'm about to check the fuel tank lid. If that's not in than where do I go from there?
Nitro looks intriguing but I'll stick with electric Haha.
Hopefully I'll find a trade for my losi 2.0 chassis
1cry 2 scream 3 pull your own hair 4kick your feet 5 repeat steps 1 thru 4 again and if its not running start throwing the car until it starts from my experience this the standard operating procedure nice 👍 video
So when you have a new RC Truck didn't touch the lower and upper pins, heated engine as stated and glow plug is working but it still doesn't start what then? Annoyed on 5th hour troubleshooting 1st video I see is a 10 year old opening from box and starting it without issue. I'm right to the breaking point where I am gonna take a sledge hammer to it.
I got my team associated monster gt out after 20 years and and finally got it running but it's dumping fuel everywhere think it's coming out the exhaust or the motor what can I do and if I need a new motor what would a replacement motor be
Aloha. Got my gas RC to start. Die’s out when throttling also doesn’t want to go reverse? Any suggestions? Thank you 🤙🏼
What does it mean wen u turn truck on before starting it n servos are twitching?? Bad servos or bad box batteries?
rc cars are good
I have a serious question I keep burning glow plugs and I don't know how to tune the high speed and low speed and the idle screws it's a 2.5 engine on a tmaxx classic and it's annoying because I just wanna run it but can't
Quick question I messed with the tune and now the truck doesn't start it just makes a click but then I take the glow plug out and when I out it back it turns but doesn't start
Also, any suggestions on where to get a chassis like that? Sorta like the platinum edition?
Hi, may i know exactly how to get back needles to factory setting? my engine is VX-18 still new. glow plug all good. maybe mess up setting.
What if it's running great, dies, wont start, you take it home and it fires up? Over heated?
Does that have an electric motor on it as well?
Hey, I am having an issue with a 3.3 Traxxas. It was seized up cleared that. EZ start spins the engine without glow pull in the engine. However once installed it just wont even turn the engine. Any ideas?
Thanks what if the oil has been in the engine for about 7 years, as my rc car is at my friends house and he said the engine is flooded and I would require a new engine along with a pipe and exhaust and pull start, is this bullshit ?
I just picked up a revo 3.3 two days ago. Im currently on my 3rd tank for break in and im realizing I should have picked up more than a quart of fuel. What fuel do you use or recommend ? None of my hobby shops around me carry top fuel and I don't want to pay for shipping.
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I got a brand new jato. The motor won’t even spin over. I would hear a click in the ez motor a few times and then the ez starter goes from motor to saying the plug is the issue.
try spinning the flywheel with your finger
My nitro stampede 2wd will not start the guy at the Rc shop tuned it a couple of months ago like 3 or 5 months ago and how do I check the ez start to see if my ez start is bad because it just sits there and reverse it’s a brand new.15 Traxxas engine I moved recently I think for sure my old neighbor stole my brand new glow plug igniter because I ran home and come back to his house and it was going and it and snowed and I would have seen it on top of the snow
I’m about to buy one just like that and the people I’m buying it from tried all day to get it to crank and I got it to fire I’m buying it tomorrow what is something I need to look at before buying it could you please help?
did the purple one come out?
My favorite thing to say to nitro haters…..
If you can’t keep ‘em running, just say dat! 😎
How do I know what factory settings are for my engine, it's 20+ years old pretty sure the company that made it is no longer around and I can't find it online apart from old pictures. I have it running but have problems trying to keep it idle when it's hot, glow plug is new and works well like I said car runs fine I just need to tune it but don't know what the factory settings are
So my slayer just wont make any noise when i try to start it any ideas why that might be?
I am confused you’re saying the glow plug isn’t holding the idle maybe I am confused don’t these work like Diesel engines the glow plug just starts the combustion cycle and the compression of the engine keeps it idled
Thx for the fuel line one I have a gs racing nitro storm that hasn’t ran in 14
Years since it was my dads and when I’m he died I got it and I need a hood for it too if you know any spots in Houston Texas to get one please tell me
HELP!!! My idle screw is fully maxed out and my slide had way to big of a gap, it refuses to run at stock settings unless its maxed out??!?!? It also stalls out frequently. New fuel line glow plugs new im lost!!
I need to get a carburetor for my nitro rustler because somehow it gets stuck on throttle but nice vid
I use a better nimh in my rd start and it works like a charm but if I how the carburetor idle screw strip so I have to replace it and also good advice
Need an opti drive delete video bro nice revo
I got a brand new nitro 4tec 3.3 brand new out the box added fuel and put the ez start to it wont even turn over. Checked the one way bearing its good and installed correctly, checked the ez start motor, works properly. Put it all back together and again nothing , any suggestions?
I just got the slash 2wd 3.3 it ran 3 times now it won’t start
probably broke the engine you have to break it in
Need a little help bro ,just got a nitro condor pro and can't get it to start ,it keeps locking up after one pull and flooding , I've tried screwing the idol screw in to reduce the fuel but still locking up any ideas ? I've had the glow plug out about 12 times to make sure the piston is on bottom before I start !
Have had my tmaxx 3.3 nitro for a few years now and it just started acting up now. I can’t get it to start. I reset the screws the factory, I replaced fuel lines (yes they’re correct), and put in a new plug. So I run with the blue wire and not the igniter. I have one for my other car, so your saying I should just clip the blue wire and start it and run it from now on with just an igniter?
Do you have a video on tuning a motor?
Do you have a video on electric and or other issues where my 3.3 won't even turn over ?
Nitro rules
Got no fuel flowing to the carb way???
Hi great! Love the Help. I’m looking for help. I have a few traxxis and other Cars and trucks. I’m in SoCal and looking for help getting my car and trucks going again. They have been sitting for a year. I bought them for my Grandkids. My son in law was the brainchild to get everything going. Well he’s moved to Texas! Why? Because Ca Sucks!🤣 so if you can help me get things going? I’d appreciate that.
Hey Mark,
Im thinking of getting a kyosho Inferno Neo Race(One of the first models) is the buggy good??
Hey, can you do a video on why my traxxas slash 4x4 is wobbling in reverse and how to fix it?
Mine does the same thing, i think it has to do with the toe in/out and the weak servo. A high torque servo with a horn instead of a servo saver and straightening out your toe should help
How’s the Traxxas table mat might have to get one
Hey bro not sure if you can help me out? I have a 2.5 tmaxx runs for 1 minute then quits restarts after a few minutes. Things driving me crazy. New carb installed. Is this 2.5 engine junk? Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
Hey
First thing to do is sell it and buy electric 😁👍
Because you can't really work properly on a nitro engine 😉
@@rc_teo_nade_216 😂 Nah, it's because I don't live in the past! 😉
@Sean Hickling
Electrics are for beginners, I've been playing with them for over a decade and have played with all types of brushless motors/ lipo batteries. It will get boring and you will get more advance and will want to expand the hobby to something more challenging such as nitro, it is more scaled, runs and sounds like a real car. Tuning the motor alone is a whole hobby in itself, just like tuning a real car. Funny thing is I used to be an idiot that goes around TH-cam making bad remarks on people playing with nitros and how electric is so much better. Lol time to grow up dude
@@rclover828 I think you need to follow your own advice, pal! And I can't leave the 'sounds like a real car' thing. What do you drive? A strimmer/weed whacker?
Its nice to read this comment. Enjoy your nitro man. After a while you get that experience you need,and you admit to yourself that its not difficult to use at all. Once in a while you can have problems,but its often a trifle. I have been a newcomer myself swearing and cursing over how bad nitro was. But i diddnt gave up on it. Now its as easy as cycling. Its a little more preparing to make sure things are good to go,but its so rewarding afterwards. I have this rule for myself,that i always do the after run service before i put the car in storage. Almost never had a problem when i come to the track or the bashing field.
Bro I am going through it right now. I still have my first traxxas rc from 2004 a revo 2.5 and I just put a 3.3 on it and want to rebuild it later but it is impossible to find parts or people who know how to help anymore. How do I send it to you if I can’t get it? It’s my first rc so it’s sentimental
Hi mark Jason here . My 3.3 jato won't even turn over ? I hooked up a battery for the electric start and I can hear something click but no turn over . Help bro . Pm me whatever just help a brotha out .
What is factory?
Dude I can't seem to get my TMaxx 3.3 on engine won't turn and checked all other components n can seem to get it to turn. Ez started motor runs but engine won't
Can you do a how to tune video
I got a 3.3 tmax and I can't get it going for the life of me I had it all apart cleaned every thing and just no fire and then dead stops after if worls over for 3 seconds and advise?
Replace glow plug...glow plug prolly burned out.....glow plug blues