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I have to laugh because that I know how frustrating that is. Do you have an air compressor? If so open the carb butterfly and blow air under the piston to dry up the fuel in the bottom of the crank case. These things suck to get running again when they get flooded
 
Rep732 said:
I have to laugh because that I know how frustrating that is. Do you have an air compressor? If so open the carb butterfly and blow air under the piston to dry up the fuel in the bottom of the crank case. These things suck to get running again when they get flooded
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Yeah I have a air compressor guess tomorrow night I’ll tear it down and blow the crap out of it and see what happens lol
 
traxxastmaxx33 said:
Yeah I have a air compressor guess tomorrow night I’ll tear it down and blow the crap out of it and see what happens lol
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When I flood my saw, I pull the plug and stick a long lighter in there. Usually burns it off pretty well, keep your face away from the motor when you do that….then burn the plug dry, clean the plug back up and stick it back in.

My saw is a major pita, it’s an auto tune carb. So you get one shot to get it right or you’re screwed.
 
Im sure this is going to insult your unintelligence but the RX Battery is charged right? I had a similar issue with My DBXL, The poxy NiMh receiver pack would read decent voltage but as soon as you turned the steering, the engine would die... Narrowed it down after sticking a meter on the radio battery. Two servos would cause the o voltage to drop below Kill switch cut off. Then it would start immediately after..
 
So how did you make sure it has spark? I'm going to assume you don't have a spark tester so all you know it the spark plug makes blue fire oit of the cylinder, which does not indicate you have spark in the cylinder. Get a spark tester. They are cheap off Amazon.
Pull the carb off and pull the engine over a few times, it will un flood its self. Don't use, I don't know how to start my husqy chainsaw guys advice. Great way to end up with burnt eye brows or worse.
Reps way works too, I just find it easier to pull the 2 screws out of the car and let it dangle, normally in a few pulls it will fire off and run for a little then die. Is a bit more work though.
Don't assume your carb is set right. Don't care if it's new or not. It needs the needles set to a factory baseline. There is a carb sticky that should have the needle settings listed in it.
Rep mentioned pop pressure, but thats not an issue if you can't make the thing even idle. Well cover that if you have tuning issues.
 
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