eastcoast

Ok ,first off my revo is going on 3 years and about 7 gallons put though her,i still have tons of compression,i should know this but she won't stay going ive takin the glow wire out completly and use a ignitor with the ez start, so yesterday i was out and i'm in the processes of tuning for the summer cause i run rich in the winter,yes i bash in the winter -_- so i start her up and she runs fine with the igniter on the glow plug put as soon as i take it off she dies,im pretty sure its the plug,even though its glows when i test it,just wondering if anybody has had the same issue,im just troubleshootin here,i was thinking mabie a airleak,but i think that is highlly unlikely

bud09

nice truck, but needs more detail of mayb wat it sounds like and how long it runs for. it could b and airleak since it is old, and wen was the last time u changed to glow plug?


how do u run in the winter? like how do u prep it, get it rdy? i would like no for wen winter comes.

proptop

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Could be the plug...
Take a close look at the wire fillament...if it looks like a flat gray, then it's gettin' kinda beat...it should be a shiney chrome looking.

Just because a glow plug still glows, doesn't necessarily mean it's "good" because as the engine runs, microscopic specs of metal from the engine (as it wears ) will deposit on the fillament and coat it, and that interferes with the catalyitic reaction of the Platinum coating and the Methanol in the fuel. (there are other factors but I think that's the main one )

DaveG55

The two most common reasons from your symptoms are, in no particular order,
Too rich and the excess fuel is cooling the glow plug too much
or
Weak/bad glow plug.

Yes a glow plug can can still glow and be bad, or at least too weak to keep the engine running w/o the ignitor attached.

rawiswar

also the fillament will go white after the first run

eastcoast

thanks guys yeah im pretty sure its the plug,i just did a a test i set it bact too facory defaults and i left the ignitor in and drove it down the street,man it was fast,so its the plug-__- and yeah its had its use!!,and the matter of wither bashin,i have everything in ballons,even the rx battery other then that,thats about it,for drying i useally use a heat gun too dry it up,what i can and just let her dry overnight,handn't had anyprobs yet...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NE48DzVUjZA

eastcoast

ohh and 1 more thing ,its good too wrap the cooling head with paper towel ,or cut a sock up and keep it there with a rubber band,what ever worksit helps keep the temps up

So Cal

Mine has done that and it was just the plug. So i would change the gow plug.