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How should I clean my glow fuel Motor? - 3/13/2002 10:51:53 AM   
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Status: offline 		I recieved this motor from a mate of mine, it is an SC motor. Seems that it has not been used for a while and seem sticky.

How do I clean it, should I use glow fuel or petrol? Is there any web site that will exlpain this, or reply! Please, I want to fly the week end!!!! thanks!

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How should I clean my glow fuel Motor? - 3/13/2002 12:00:55 PM   
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Status: offline 		If by sticky you just mean it feels a bit hard to turn over then put a little fuel down the carb and in the exhaust...it'll very soon free up. I like to point the engine down a little so fuel can run into the bearings...except somtimes you might need to put a few drops of fuel directly onto the front bearing and wait for it to soak through.
Once it's free then take out the plug, put lots of fuel down through the carby then invert the engine so all that fuel fills the inside of the piston (best thing is to have the piston just closing the exhaust port so no fuel can run out). The idea is to free up the wrist/gudgeon pin by turning the crank around...there's very little movement in this area so give it quite a few turns. Then drain as much of the fuel out as possible or the methanol will start soaking up water out of the air and you'll have the beginnings of rusting (unless of course you're using castor in the fuel ). If it's already mounted in a model then start it up (use at least half throttle) and let it run dry on whatever fuel is left inside.

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How should I clean my glow fuel Motor? - 3/14/2002 4:35:32 AM   
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Status: offline 		break it down and soak it in carborator cleaner


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