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Hello. So I am kind of new to this hobby, had a nitro car when I was younger and had great fun but got too busy with life to continue it. Now I have had a bit of time I decided to try to rebuild my old car. It hasn't ran in 10 years so I completely stripped the engine and cleaned and re oiled it. I just tried starting it for the first time and it was going fine, sat at idle for about 5 mins then all of a sudden the revs started to increase, I tried to stop it by blocking the exhaust but the revs just kept climbing, the car couldn't be stopped I just had to wait for it to run out of fuel. In a car I think this is called a runaway. When this had finished the engine just sat smoking from all of the heat build up. My question is what could cause this and how to I avoid it again? Fortunately it had no wheels so didn't go crashing through my fence. Sorry if this sounds stupid.
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Hi all, I am new to this forum so forgive me if this has been asked already! I have a HPI Trophy 3.5. So, after installing a 3 piece clutch (abisma did a kit so opted for that for the time being) and the buggy not being ran for some time I decided to give it a little bash in the garden. Only issue is when cold, the buggy idle's perfectly fine, once it starts to get warm you can physically see the car trying to edge forward and when fully warm and the buggy has been ran around for a little while it doesn't idle at a stand still it constantly wants to move (unless applying the brakes). The gap is at 1mm or so too! Also when coming off the accelerator it bogs and when it is idling (when warm) sounds very lean although all the needles are almost factory. I'm so baffled as to what I need to do to ensure it idles correctly. I have read many different threads (not being a member) and now very confused. Can someone point me in the right direction?!
