kevinor
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I've had a brand new Savage X 4.6 RTR for a week now. I've been trying hard to get good break in conditions using the old-school idling method. It is my first car, so I figured I'll start with the old method.
My problem is I can't really get it to idle very well. I started getting 1 tank through probably at about 25% as the HPI video suggests. I didn't have a temp gauge at the time, but I highly highly doubt it got over 120 degrees.
A couple days later, I got it to idle on it's own (with the throttle trim up all the way) through one tank, and it didn't get any hotter than 110 (I had a gauge at this point). I put in a second in to hopefully get the temp up higher, and it died at roughly half a tank, temperature didn't change.
Bought new plugs because I wasn't super confident in the one I had anymore. Put a new plug in, and this time to I couldn't get it to start. So I called my LHS, they said Savage's with the needles at factory are too rich and to give the HSN about a half turn to start, and if I was still having trouble do the same with the LSN. So I did about a half turn on the HSN, and a quarter on the LSN. So now it started, but I still needed to have the trim all the way up, and then the slightest amount of pressure on the trigger to keep it going. So I stood there holding the trigger for a bit. If I let off the trigger, sometimes it'd run on it's own for a minute (usually only a few seconds), but then would die. So I would repeat, but this time my temps were WAY up. Like 275.
So it died again at just less than half a tank, and by this time my glow starter was dead (since I'd restarted it about 25 times). So I'm now re-charging and hoping for more luck tomorrow. I really need some help getting this thing to idle in the 200ish range.
For all those who ask, running 20% fuel, needles were all flush until adjustment, now I've put them back. Should I start driving it around slowly yet? Doesn't it need to idle on its own first?
My problem is I can't really get it to idle very well. I started getting 1 tank through probably at about 25% as the HPI video suggests. I didn't have a temp gauge at the time, but I highly highly doubt it got over 120 degrees.
A couple days later, I got it to idle on it's own (with the throttle trim up all the way) through one tank, and it didn't get any hotter than 110 (I had a gauge at this point). I put in a second in to hopefully get the temp up higher, and it died at roughly half a tank, temperature didn't change.
Bought new plugs because I wasn't super confident in the one I had anymore. Put a new plug in, and this time to I couldn't get it to start. So I called my LHS, they said Savage's with the needles at factory are too rich and to give the HSN about a half turn to start, and if I was still having trouble do the same with the LSN. So I did about a half turn on the HSN, and a quarter on the LSN. So now it started, but I still needed to have the trim all the way up, and then the slightest amount of pressure on the trigger to keep it going. So I stood there holding the trigger for a bit. If I let off the trigger, sometimes it'd run on it's own for a minute (usually only a few seconds), but then would die. So I would repeat, but this time my temps were WAY up. Like 275.
So it died again at just less than half a tank, and by this time my glow starter was dead (since I'd restarted it about 25 times). So I'm now re-charging and hoping for more luck tomorrow. I really need some help getting this thing to idle in the 200ish range.
For all those who ask, running 20% fuel, needles were all flush until adjustment, now I've put them back. Should I start driving it around slowly yet? Doesn't it need to idle on its own first?
