Hello everyone. I am still pretty new to large scale gas engines.
I got a second hand smartech uno here. It is a FG marder clone. It runs on a 23cc engine. As far as I know it is a zenoah or a clone of it.
I got it back into pretty good condition and I tuned the engine that it will run on the first pull after choke. It has good power too.
When initially starting I do have a higher RPM idle (but way below where the clutch is catching). After driving a bit and warming up the engine I get the issue that the motor goes out after full throttle passages if I don't manually add some throttle. If I add some throttle and then let it idle it idles just fine but lower than when I initially started it. Once the engine went out it is harder to start unless I add some throttle when pulling wich results into getting it to start immediatly. To me that sounds like the engine got starved on gas. Is that correct?
I read here that this could be a clogged gas tank cap and the lack of ventilation. This model seems to have a separate tube for ventilating the tank though.
Any ideas what could cause this behavior?
I do know that this RC is a pretty low end kit compared to what most have here but it works other than that issue and it cost me next to nothing. It is a perfect basher and great fun to drive too.
I got a second hand smartech uno here. It is a FG marder clone. It runs on a 23cc engine. As far as I know it is a zenoah or a clone of it.
I got it back into pretty good condition and I tuned the engine that it will run on the first pull after choke. It has good power too.
When initially starting I do have a higher RPM idle (but way below where the clutch is catching). After driving a bit and warming up the engine I get the issue that the motor goes out after full throttle passages if I don't manually add some throttle. If I add some throttle and then let it idle it idles just fine but lower than when I initially started it. Once the engine went out it is harder to start unless I add some throttle when pulling wich results into getting it to start immediatly. To me that sounds like the engine got starved on gas. Is that correct?
I read here that this could be a clogged gas tank cap and the lack of ventilation. This model seems to have a separate tube for ventilating the tank though.
Any ideas what could cause this behavior?
I do know that this RC is a pretty low end kit compared to what most have here but it works other than that issue and it cost me next to nothing. It is a perfect basher and great fun to drive too.