munchug

Yesterday I bought the "HPI Trophy 4.6 Truggy 2.4GHz RTR" car.

I read through the manual and watched the DVD that came with the car and did everything as he did up to a point. I filled it with fuel, put it on a box so it was in the air and started it, everything was great. I let it burn away 1 tank as the DVD said and that's where I stopped. (stupid me)

I took it to a local park and mostly stayed on the path quite slow but I got a little over excited and went full throttle atleast 4 times (only for a few seconds as i was scared of crashing it), I did this until I burnt most of my tank, I had a very small piece left that I wanted to save so I could drive it home. I was about to leave so I went to start the car when the pullstart came up/out of the casing but wasn't actually detached from the car it just didn't get pulled back in, I placed the wire back in a few mm and then it randomly sucked it back in like normal, went to start it again and it just wouldn't start - the actual pullstart feels perfectly fine and hasn't come out since (I've pulled it atleast 20+ times today) so I think that is perfectly fine. (E.G if you stand near the exhaust as you pull it you can feel air coming out of the exhaust showing it's actually doing it's job). After not being able to start it I went home, woke up today and tried to start it and it still won't start..

Woke up, glow starter is fully charged so I tried to start the car - didn't work.

Heated up the engine with a hair dryer - didn't work.

Checked if the engine was flooded by putting it upside down and trying to start it - didn't work.

Took out the glow plug and put it into the glow starter and it "lit up" (got hot) so that is fine.

I primmed the engine - didn't do anything for it.

Fuel tubes look fine to me and I can see fuel inside of them.

Images of the car I took that may help:

http://i.imgur.com/Xl3pYIp.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/s3Ud4li.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/yXsQbjK.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/V2ELFzC.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/BuzxMmE.jpg

Thanks to any advice you guys can give me.

bikerbc

I am wondering if there is a timing shear pin someplace ? I know nothing about cars...Engines are usually pretty simple...I cant imagine anything in the recoil that would mess it up unless it could somehow be turning it backwards now after the cord came out too far...Is there a way of turning it over with an electric starter ? I would replace the glow plug because sometimes even when they look good they aren't . Also I would go back and set your needles to what the manual calls for in the starting procedure...You might have a hunk of crap in the high speed so pull the needle rite out and hook up your fuel pump to your fill line and give it a wee squirt to blow any thing out and replace the needle to what the manual calls for and try and start it... Good luck....

Steve Steinbring

You might want to try over at the "CAR" forums there are probably folks over there that can better assist you in getting your nitro car running properly.

countilaw

The glow plug needs to be glowing "bright orange" not just red. During the break in process the element gets coated with metal and doesn't glow as hot. Replace the plug and give it a try.

Frank