ORIGINAL: MJD
ORIGINAL: veedub
Does a glow engine get tighter as it gets run in? i have a .28 dynamite engine in my savage and it never had alot of pinch, if i was to take the head off i could spin it over by hand with my wand starter . after letting it idle through most of a tank today. the engine got way tight and now if i take the head off and try turning it it pushes the sleeve a quarter of the way out of the engine. i figured the pinch would lessen the more it was run.
Why would you idle a tank of fuel through an engine - is this a car thing? I'd never do that to an ABC aircraft engine - what is the point of doing so?
MJD
Yep...some R/C car engine and RTR vehicle manuf. recommend idling a tank or two first for "break-in"...Not recommended in my book, but...
veedub...have you found this forum yet?
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_5517128/tm.htm
You should find some interesting reading there...good luck[8D]
P.S. it's possable that when you re-torqued the head bolts that either they were torqued unevenly or too much?