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Old 07-13-2007 | 09:38 AM
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i'm a noob and I have an sh .28 pullstart on my buggy and its giving me problems. it starts up ok but when i squeeze the throttle it cuts out. even if i try to accelerate slowly it dies on me. Also i am getting terrible runtimes. 125 cc lasts only about 1-2 min. I am only running slightly rich. I only have a quart through it. which needle adjustments should i make?

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Old 07-13-2007 | 12:03 PM
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Sound like your to rich,Close the HSN needle 1 hr at a time until the engine runs above idle.If you ran a quart of fuel through
it,It shuold be ready to tune for power.Just keep closing the HSN 1hr at a time until you have good power and top speed with
smoke coming out the engine at all RPM.
Old 07-13-2007 | 04:41 PM
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Your LSN might be to lean also. Try the pinch test.
Old 07-13-2007 | 04:46 PM
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Apollo put together a ton of info on tuning. It's a must read.

Here's the link:

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_5517128/tm.htm
Old 07-13-2007 | 06:50 PM
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thanks for the input guys, if i pinch the fuel line, the engine just goes faster without stopping or cutting off
Old 07-13-2007 | 08:39 PM
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im not making any reccomendations beacause ive only tuned one engine myself but would that mean its very rich? and is there a lot of liquid sputtering out of the pipe tip?
Old 07-14-2007 | 03:55 PM
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no, not much fuel comes out, barely any at all

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