Help starting Jato with OS .18 engine
05-22-2006 | 12:05 PM
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From: Ridgeland, MS
Help starting Jato with OS .18 engine
Ya'll,
I dropped a OS .18 TM pull-start engine into my Jato. But for the life of me, I can't get this thing started. When I was at my local hobby shop, they adjusted the needles to where they thought they should be and it eventually started. They adjusted a bit more, dropped in a new glow plug and the car ran GREAT for about 5 minutes.
I came to pick the car up the next morning, got it home and tried to start it up. I cranked and cranked and cranked the pull started (just the way i did the night before when it worked) and couldn’t get it started. Glow plug igniter was charged, sufficient fuel was in the tank, brand new glow plug that had worked great the night before, but the engine wouldn’t start. So I said, "screw it" and bought a starter box ("bump-starter") for the truck. When I put the car on the starter, the bump starter won't even make the flywheel turn over. I've tried and tried but the bump starter won't make the engine turn over, much less start. And I've pulled and pulled the Pull-starter and it won’t turn on.
What the hell is going on?
Any suggestions on what to do???
Thanks Ya'll,
Robert
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I dropped a OS .18 TM pull-start engine into my Jato. But for the life of me, I can't get this thing started. When I was at my local hobby shop, they adjusted the needles to where they thought they should be and it eventually started. They adjusted a bit more, dropped in a new glow plug and the car ran GREAT for about 5 minutes.
I came to pick the car up the next morning, got it home and tried to start it up. I cranked and cranked and cranked the pull started (just the way i did the night before when it worked) and couldn’t get it started. Glow plug igniter was charged, sufficient fuel was in the tank, brand new glow plug that had worked great the night before, but the engine wouldn’t start. So I said, "screw it" and bought a starter box ("bump-starter") for the truck. When I put the car on the starter, the bump starter won't even make the flywheel turn over. I've tried and tried but the bump starter won't make the engine turn over, much less start. And I've pulled and pulled the Pull-starter and it won’t turn on.
What the hell is going on?
Any suggestions on what to do???
Thanks Ya'll,
Robert
[email protected]
05-22-2006 | 12:22 PM
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RE: Help starting Jato with OS .18 engine
Sounds like you might have flooded the engine to the point where it is liquid locked. There can be so much fuel in the cylender that it wont even turn anymore [:'(]
A pull start engine is very easy to start, you should not need the bump starter.... You just need to learn how to start it, be careful not to flood it...
Are you sure your glow driver is working ? Try it on a glow plug and make sure you see orange glow....
If it is not liquid locked, maybe to lean ? If it turns and turns , but never fires, you need to prime it, a few drops of fuel in the carb will do it...
From the Hobby shop test, The engine obviously works very well, you just need to figure out what you are doing wrong.
A pull start engine is very easy to start, you should not need the bump starter.... You just need to learn how to start it, be careful not to flood it...
Are you sure your glow driver is working ? Try it on a glow plug and make sure you see orange glow....
If it is not liquid locked, maybe to lean ? If it turns and turns , but never fires, you need to prime it, a few drops of fuel in the carb will do it...
From the Hobby shop test, The engine obviously works very well, you just need to figure out what you are doing wrong.
