only1battman

Hey. i have a Revo 3.3 that is all stock (sadly)and i am having some troublekeeping the engine running for more than 5 mins.
my problem isthatthe engine will stall outfor no reason, like when i am accelerating, decelerating, idleing or running at the same speed. so pretty much just whenever. and it isntlike the engine isnt getting enough gas because it doesn't rev up before it stalls because that would indicate a lack offuel right?? the other thing is that i noticed that engineoverheats very easilyandfrom what ihave found out so far that could indicate an air-leak.
if anyone else knows anything about this problem please let me know, or if you have any input on the situation that will be greatly appreciated.

thechap76

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ok battman sounds way way tooooooo lean to me....or yeah a air leak....but id check the fuel problem 1st...hows it smokin when it does run...nice steady strem or none...also what fuel ya runnin and how old is it???? just some things to check b4 ya tear ur engine down

only1battman

ok thanks.
but when i change any of the needles to richen or lean it, and it really didnt matter.
also from what i saw i thought the smoke trail was just fine.
lastly i run 10% nitro and the 3.3 engine is almost 4 years old. and it only has been through about 3 gallons of fuel.</p>

thechap76

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oh wow....could be a broken clutch spring....that would be a symptom of all ur describing....it sat for 3yrs ??? id reseal the engine just for piece of mind...a tube of rtv and a few screws would put that worry to sleep any way...is the fuel 3yrs old ?

only1battman

ok i checked the clutch and it is ok, plus i just replaced it recently (about 2 months ago).  and no the fuel is not 3 years old. the fuel was purchased about 3 months ago. so it is fairly new.

mufflerbearing

Could be worn out.

Does it start right back up when it stalls?

I assume you tried changing the glow plug?

only1battman

do you mean when i try to start it??
 sometimes it does others it doesnt like it isn pumping enough fuel.
the other thing that happens is that when i try to accelerate sometimes it will kinda jerk around and barely go anywhere like it is too lean but when i richen it up it runs too rich.  it is all very confusing.</p>

thechap76

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its gonna smoke and run rich untill its warmed uo....i still think ur way to lean...hows the air filter ???? u said it had been sittin ...did a spider build a lil nest in there and plug it up or sumthin....man battman i still think ur WAY tooooooo lean [&:]

only1battman

ok thanks. and no the air filter is brand new my old one looked too dirty so i just got a brand new one and it worked fine until a couple of weeks ago. when the problems started happening.