ORIGINAL: ThePenguins
First thing I always do is put a brand new glow plug in it and make sure my ignitor battery is fully charged. My rc8 is very termpermental with even slightly used glow plugs and sometimes won't start even if the glow plug appears to be glowing outside the engine just fine. Also check to make sure the carb is not loose and the idle screw is set with a gap of about 1 mm.
Edit: One more thing, make sure fuel is actually making it into the carb.
Ok thanks for that. So, I'll keep an extra glow plug near by but, I hope I can reuse the same one if I use it only for this purpose and not have to open a new one every time. Maybe I can rotate them every 5-6 tests it wouldn't be too bad. How does the carb get loose? Is it screwed into the engine? Or a screw holding If it loosens up then it will prevent it from starting? I'm looking at an engine block right now but, don't see where it would get loose from this particular one everything is real tight.
Also how can you make sure that fuel is actually getting to the carb? I just check to see if fuel is running through the hose when I prime it if I can't see it flow through then I will blow air into it. Is there another way to check for sure it's getting to the carb?
Thanks
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