5 Things To Do If Your Nitro RC Car Engine Won't Run

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[@anxiousvariable1214]

#1 Give up and cry in the corner

[@Rideaholic069]

Come on mark, you should know better than to rev the engine when the wheels are off of the ground. Don’t take that the wrong way. I love the channel but you shouldn’t set bad examples. RC for life bro.

[@matthewb8229]

I bought my 11 year old a bandit. I had so much fun driving it with him, I bought myself a bigfoot. A co-worker say, "I have an older RC you can have if you want it." I say sure, and he delivers a Revo 3.3 with the radio. He wouldn't take a dime for it. We run it a sandstone quarry. It absolutely flies...

[@alleyedwards4334]

Mine runs until the glow plug is removed! It ran once about 5 minutes. It’s brand new and I can’t even break it in. It’s my son’s who has autism 😢

[@sidewayslover1653]

Teach us how to tune the carbs and how to get a solid idol out of it please

[@joeswitzer1696]

Do you work on other peoples cars?

[@nobudgetrc6063]

After watching this, I went out to my garage and cut off that cursed blue wire off my tmaxx

[@3rdaxis649]

Also a good idea to check your throttle boot. That accordion looking piece of rubber by the throttle linkage. It can get a tear in it and will lean out the mixture. That was a rabbit hole I wouldn't wish on anyone to go down, lol.

[@jabrilcampbell5101]

Could you help me out ?

[@samsonfpv8902]

What is factory?

[@StefanDembowski]

Thank you for this: In my case, it was the Blue Wire on my Nitro Rustler.

[@Driven_Rc]

Thanks mark for the info for my revo and love your merch i ordered a 2XL-4XL i hope it works

[@freemario6352]

Your kids are so lucky. So many toys, you have so much knowledge of the hobby. Cool truck. I'm hoping for a nitro for xmas...another good video, great tips . Thnx for sharing...

[@TyTheTryGuy]

Love the cut man, looking clean👌 love the content!! Cant wait to see the purple 3.3🤘👌🔥

[@jwtiger69]

I literally just a Revo 3.3 from a neighbor. It is an older model and they have no clue when it was last run. I Bought all new batteries, fuel, and a new glow plug. I am hoping I can get it going with that. This will be my first nitro car, let alone RC car. I have a limited budget so fingers crossed I can get it going.

[@NerfCraft]

Lol, this video would have really helped me out a few weeks ago when I first got my T-maxx 3.3. I was having trouble with it recently actually, it seemed to be running decent, definitely needed tuning, but ran decent. Suddenly the engine fell on it's face, acted like the LSN was way to rich. It spit tons of raw fuel out of the exhaust even with the LSN screwed all the way down, and coated my rear tire in oil. Decided to get some new glow plugs. The one I was running was one that I used previously, and I tested another glow plug that came with the truck when I bought it used. That glow plug was worse, barely stayed running with the glow igniter on, and pretty much instantly died when I took the igniter off. Wasn't the results I was hoping for, but results are results and at least that gave me a clue that it might be the glow plug. Got a couple of new ones in today, gonna run it and see if it works.

[@enginehobbies9483]

Great information, down to point! Cheers from Ontario Bud!!

[@georgehill2787]

nice informal video I have a Traxxas truck it does not pull sometimes can you repair those issues

[@grimthenoble]

You did great work on that Revo build Mark! Great to see it running/driving again.

[@lakawan22]

Thanks for doing nitro, I have a tmaxx 3.3. Awesome video like always brotha!