Harold Bascom
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It's Father's Day. I'm having a ball on the more or less empty street with my Redcat Rampage XV (an XR converted to a Vintage, open wheel on-road, RC car.) The 36cc Rovan engine is sharply tuned and I'm ripping close to full speed up and down the street, cloaked in humidity. In short, it was HOT! But I'm having a ton of fun until the engine cuts out. A "what-the-hell" moment if ever there's one.
I fiddle with carburetor needles, High, Low ... Idle. I change the plug, even though a new plug is already in it. SMH. Still it struggles to start and cuts out everytime.
I empty the fuel, take the engine off, and tighten bolts all around in case there is some kind of leak. And with the engine COVER OFF, I try starting it from the exposed drill-start point. The engine fires right up. "Problem fixed!" (So I think.) So, I put the engine cover back on and try starting it. IT WILL NOT START. Instinct tells me to take the cover back and try again: BRAAAP! It starts without a hitch.
Now, I'm driving my vintage rc car with the engine cover OFF. The engine runs without a hitch. Does this mean I should use a drill and perforate the engine cover with air holes before bolting it back on?
Is it an overheating problem, or is it something else?
I fiddle with carburetor needles, High, Low ... Idle. I change the plug, even though a new plug is already in it. SMH. Still it struggles to start and cuts out everytime.
I empty the fuel, take the engine off, and tighten bolts all around in case there is some kind of leak. And with the engine COVER OFF, I try starting it from the exposed drill-start point. The engine fires right up. "Problem fixed!" (So I think.) So, I put the engine cover back on and try starting it. IT WILL NOT START. Instinct tells me to take the cover back and try again: BRAAAP! It starts without a hitch.
Now, I'm driving my vintage rc car with the engine cover OFF. The engine runs without a hitch. Does this mean I should use a drill and perforate the engine cover with air holes before bolting it back on?
Is it an overheating problem, or is it something else?