I just took out my jato today and it stopped running. I need help.
Heres the symptoms:
First it ran fine but with not a lot of power. I flipped it a couple times. After awhile the power kept cutting alittle at a time. Then all of a sudden i was hitting the gas and the car wouldn't move. It ounded like it was trying to move but wouldnt move. All of the needles were at factory settings because i was going to retune it because it wouldn't work before. I cant figure out what the problem is. when i went over to the car it was smoking from the engine. I thought that meant it was to lean but that didn't make sense since i just put it to factory settings which i thought it was rich at that settings. any help would be greatly appreciated.

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You might have stripped a gear. The same thing happened to me with my hpi rs4 evo.

How would i go about trying to figure that out??

Do u think that the low speed needle could be causing the problem if it is too lean???

anyone......

Even with factory settings, it is very possible to run lean due to an air leak. The air leak could be a crack in the fuel tank, a pinhole leak in the fuel line (Including the pressure line coming from the exhaust ), a leaking fuel filter, Leaking carb seals (At the carb neck or around the needles), or a leaking backplate. Check the fuel line and filter first...they are the cheapest to replace.

Was the engine smoking from being hot? What was the temp? Did you see a smoke trail when running?

You can check the gears easily by looking at the clutchbell and the spur gear. Are either of them chewed? Are there missing teeth? If not, look more into your engine issue.

sounds more like a stripped spur gear to me.

Well i checked all the gears and nothing was stripped. When i started it today it moved but i still don't get what was wrong before.

I had the same problem with my 2.5r, i just ended up running at 5 1/2 turns and bringing it down from there