help

[CWhitley]

have just purchased a nitro rc car, its not been started for a while, gave it a few pulls everything was fine other than it didnt start(compression was ok) tried a few more times and now pull start has got hard to pull, is it flooded or is it something else

[sosidge]

Probably flooded. Turning it over and over without it firing is just pumping fuel into the engine.

Crack open the glowplug a little to drain it and it try starting again, then you can tighten the plug up again once it has burned off the fuel.

[CWhitley]

cheers, have tried that and still seems to be hard to pull, im going to give it another try later thanx for the advice

[mikerobinson83]

try taking the glow plug out, then try pulling the pull start if it frees up you were flooded if not then you have another problem.

if it turns out to be flooded, it may not be starting due to cold weather, try heating the head in some way (hair dryer or something similar).

i take it you have done the usual checks, making sure the glow plug is ok etc

[CWhitley]

hi, cheers mike i eventually got car goin, after i had glowstarter on charge monday night the car started first pull but after i turned it of and tried starting it again it wouldnt start, is there a possibility that as the glowstarter hasnt been used for along time it could be no good.I repeated this today and i took it out and it ran perfect but as soon as i turned it of and tried to start it up it wouldnt go. Also is there a way of stopping understeer thanx