well i picked up a jato today my first nitro rc, and while breaking it in it kept cutting out so i thought okay i will adjust the idle speed so i did and i turned it all the way clockwise so i could turn the needle back and know where i am at, well i dont know if thats what did it but i think i torqued the needle too much and broke the carb, it wasnt running at the time, and i fired it up later to see if it was a fluke and it ran great, but fuel poured out of the bottom, did i destroy the carb or was it something else? i felt a slight spray coming from the general area of the fuel line, but i hear it wouldnt work at all if that were the case because of the pressure running through that line, the fuel comes out of the exhaust and the bottom of the chassis below the engine sort of, thanks guys.

your scerewed it sounds like but take it to your hobby shop and let them have it for a weekend or so

that was a stupid reply.


No dude, you should of adjusted the high speed needle not the Idle. Make sure you read the directions and watch the DVD.

Sounds like your cracked the carb body. You should get something like this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...Name=WD1V&rd=1 or you can just buy the carb body for cheap and assemble it yourself if you feel up to it. Sucks that you tightened it too much.

yea dude, when u get that 2.5, you dont adjust it when u first get it. You run it on the stock settings traxxas gives you, then after your 3rd-4th tank you can slowly adjust the high speed needle. Usually you would give it more lean because the traxxas settings are rich....or should be.

I have the Traxxas 2.5r in my nitro 4-tec and it runs great. Also make sure you break in the engine the way traxxas tells you or you will have problems.

he said it was his first nitro rc every. if he broke the carb tunning it he should definetly give to this his lhs.

what?, all his LHS is gonna do is ask for money to repair it.

good reply iCrash

the guy at my local hobbytown just charged me for the carb and fixed it himself for no extra charge, 35 dollars was the cost for the new carb.

thats not to bad.

Remember the High Speed Needle is 4 turns out from close and the Low Speed Needle is flush with the outside rim during break in.

everyone makes mistakes
get another carb and get out there running with your jato

actually the hobbytown owner who was fixing it called me saying i didnt break anything at all, the nut under the carb needle was loose and that was causing a fuel leak some how, he finger tightened it and it runs great now, how odd........

good, that was a easy fix
i bet you feel better now

yes, yes i do so i got home all excited, and i put the easy start in and i need yet another glow plug, i am gonna buy like 20 of them today so i can stop going there!

yeah thats depressing lol
it sucks when one goes
i always have at least 3 on me at all times