It’s a nice point that even somebody like I am, a nitro passionate freak since 1999 never properly thought about it! Glad to have learned something new today 👌 Thanks a lot bro

@thebug4046

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watchin! And A lot of people never think about it but it's a thing for sure!

@voneboy

Жыл бұрын

@@thebug4046 many years ago,think somewhere on 2003 I exactly ran into this issue with a RB Concept X12 T which was my competition engine on that time.I just remember that I was running mad on this particularly day,because it happens suddenly during the training day just less than 24 hours before the start of the race…Because of the lack of this particular knowledge I was forced to change the engine and had lost a lot of precious time to find the optimum Setup..However,exactly this is the great side on KZread today ..Between of endless s**** from strange rc influencers you can find sometimes other applicated guys who you can learn still after many years some new stuff in order to get better on what you really love to do…

Eating your wife’s tuna salad everyday 😂😂😂😂😂 absolutely nailed it

@thebug4046

Жыл бұрын

🤣😎🤘🏻🤔

MOST of the time when an engine is constantly popping plugs to the point where the coil is missing, it's because of foreign material from the bearings is making it's way from the crankcase into the cylinder, and smashing the coil in the plug.

@thebug4046

4 ай бұрын

Yup! That to.

That's a very good explanation! Never thought about it, I knew that bad bearings could damage plugs, but rod stretching it's the first time, good to know it can happen!

@thebug4046

Жыл бұрын

Yup! It's a real thing that people don't really cover in video at least that i can find

Thanks for praising the Sonic Tronics igniters. Just got the 2.5" one and am blown away by the build quality. Gonna use it tomorrow

@thebug4046

Жыл бұрын

No worries! Usually guys like me that have been in the hobby for a lot of years know what's good and what isn't and these right here are some of the best you can get old school built Made in the USA and they last forever!

Thanks for the education Bug!!! Always learnt something on your videos. ✌🏻

@thebug4046

Жыл бұрын

You are very welcome! Glad it could help ya!

Plenty of arm chair experts and most never touched a 2 stroke rc nitro but will claim to be experts. You sir know what you are talking about.

@thebug4046

Жыл бұрын

100% man I see it all the time! Especially those who start off a sentence with their credentials like buddy no one cares what you did for 25 years. 🤣

@ShadowOppsRC

Жыл бұрын

@@thebug4046 Anybody that starts out bragging more then likly is a expert at bull shitting!

Great info bud glad your doing good keep on burning Nitro 💪👍👊

@thebug4046

Жыл бұрын

Thanks man 🤘🏻

10 out of 10. This video was clearly aimed at me. I’m not afraid to admit it. I’m the one who posted on Facebook. I’m the one who made a KZread video about a repinched Revo 3.3 with $1 skateboard bearings. The truck sounds and goes amazing. But ate two brand new traxxas plugs after 2 or 3 tanks. $19 per plug in Australia. And yes there was a guy who said he has been a mechanic for xx number of years LOL and knows all about engines. Too funny. Anyway this video was clear, to the point, everything makes sense, and most importantly highlights the reasons plugs blow when there is no leak condition. Which when you think about it, is not immediately obvious and we have to thank technical experts like Luke for sharing his knowledge with us! Thank you Luke!

@thebug4046

Жыл бұрын

Hey buddy just so you're aware I wasn't taking potshots at you in any way it just gave me an idea for a good video haha and shit plugs are expensive here 40$ for 3 plugs outrageous! And that's the goal of my videos is to keep it as easy to follow and to the point as possible. That's one thing I can't stand about a lot of other people when I make videos or have a title explaining something that goes on about their dog their new car and their wife for 45 minutes they barely touch on the subject then end the video. Little wtf lol always happy to help the nitro guys and If shed some light on the things that are not mentioned or expanded anywhere on KZread same with the myth busting. But as always thanks for watchin! And keep on burning nitro! 💯🍻🤘🏻

@michaelinzitari

Жыл бұрын

@@thebug4046 all good, your video was very respectful and I didn’t notice a single attack on my choices to experiment with cheap bearings and spare traxxas engine parts. It’s not like i had a working engine to begin with. I had a zero pinch engine with no bearings. I got it repinched for free. The money I make from selling restored RC I could blow plugs every week. It just doesn’t phase me. Learning is priceless. Documenting and sharing the knowledge is the fun part

Love your vids. Great info and honest delivery! Keep it up and stay strong man!

@thebug4046

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watchin! And I Try to keep it as to the point as possible we only do the truth here no nonsense sadly there's a lot of channels out there that speak nothing but garbage and lies and misinformation. Glad I can help! 🤘🏻😎🍻

That's a pretty heavy duty saw you've got there. I've got a 455 rancher in refreshing right now. Must have some heavy duty trees up there!

@thebug4046

Жыл бұрын

Haha yeah I work with an arborist company most of the time cleaning properties. It's got a pop up piston and muffler mod and a little port adjustments it goes pretty good with a 24 inch bar and full skip chain. I like the non Xtorq better because the piston is lighter and not as hard on the crank bearings and the oe 372xp you can get a big bore pop up top end kit for about 200$ that will also fit the 365xp if you get one. All the non Xtorq 372xp parts and big bore stuff fits the 365xp 😉🤘🏻🍻

Bug great to see you back at it. You have a way of explaining shit that is easy to follow and often gives me those ah ha or no shit moments. Keep up the great content!!

@thebug4046

Жыл бұрын

Hey thanks for watchin! I appreciate the kind words. And yeah I totally agree on where you're coming from I try to get as intricate as possible but keep it easy to follow sensor so much poorly done video and poor information out there on the Internet. Gotta keep it real 100% no bullshit no nonsense to the point. 🍻💯🤘🏻

My rod has shrunk😂 my girlfriend pointed that out. Hello my young brother. ❤

@thebug4046

Жыл бұрын

HAHAHA! Dude my freakin sides hurt 🤣

@ShadowOppsRC

Жыл бұрын

Lol!

@Saddletramp1200

Жыл бұрын

@@thebug4046 Told her i know. It doesn't hang down as far as yer boobs 😂😎

@thebug4046

Жыл бұрын

@@ShadowOppsRC what's crackin buddy

@cassianomartin2699

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

Big facts on the glow plug knowledge

@thebug4046

Жыл бұрын

Thanks man! A lot of nonsense out there about plugs

Great vid Bug 👊👍💯🍻

@thebug4046

Жыл бұрын

Thanks brotha 🍻🤘🏻

Love the video's very informative. I've learned a lot from you so keep them coming

@thebug4046

Жыл бұрын

You are very welcome! Glad I can help ya! Thanks for watchin! 😎🤘🏻

Needed that bug good good info

@thebug4046

8 ай бұрын

No worries buds 💯🍻

You've covered the importance of quality glow plugs, I've had cheap glow plugs blow one after the other and I thought it was something with the engine, but switching to OS plugs solved the problem. The under-$5 plugs just aren't worth it when they only last 1/10th as long as the ~$10 ones.

@thebug4046

Жыл бұрын

You get what you pay for thst for sure! Cheap plugs are hit or miss 90% of the time. The os plugs are awesome. Expensive but awesome haha

I had a worn out 2.5 do that. I wish they made a kit with a rebuild kit with bearings and rod etc.

@thebug4046

Жыл бұрын

Sometimes depending on where you shop you can actually find the piston and sleeve with the rod and pin already assembled but yeah I hear ya

Hybride has experienced what you explain with the OS 18 tz engine the connecting rod has split in two and if we measure the part we would see that the part has indeed shrunk But to the point of splitting it in two

@thebug4046

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I think I remember that video from a while ago

Nice one dude! Hope you're healing now. I hadn't considered rod stretch. Bearings, running over compressed by leaving out head shim I've seen so get what you're saying as it over compressed. Just never considered rod stretch! Every day is a learning day with Bug 404!

@thebug4046

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watchin! Glad I could help ya!

Again thanks for the info and helps me a lot

@thebug4046

Жыл бұрын

No worries! 🤘🏻😎

Thank i will chek that cause i have an hyper 21 8 port and plug burn right away

Dude. Why don't you have like 50k subscribers?

@thebug4046

Жыл бұрын

Not sure haha

Awesome video man

@thebug4046

10 ай бұрын

Thanks brotha 👌🏻💯

I agree Bug, its funny how some 3.3 engines I have will do this in 2-3 gallons, and some will run close to 10 gallons and beat to hell and there is little rod stretch and I never have the glow plug issue. I would assume its the quality of the engine components that were used during the production run, and the tolerances etc..quality issues basically.

@thebug4046

Жыл бұрын

That's the thing that rods are super soft in these engines and. And they do go oval shaped as well as physically stretch pretty quickly compared to other brands of engines that have much harder aluminum. Old 3.3s will run a really long time if you put good bearings em new ones not so much

I wish my wife knew how to make tuna salad, she can't even make a cheese sandwich

@thebug4046

Жыл бұрын

Oh dear haha

Grate very interesting

@thebug4046

Жыл бұрын

Thanks brotha

You mentioned that rod stretch about my case but failing glow plugs on the nitro group, and yeah that’s what’s happening to mine, 1st glow plug last from break in till a few tanks after, 2nd glow plug popped after like 3 tanks and this last one popped in less than 1 tank. Guess it’s time to pull the engine apart.

@gonewronggarage4565

5 ай бұрын

When you said especially with 3.3s that’s just irritating to hear another thing the 3.3s do😂 I’m really close to just getting a dynamite

@thebug4046

5 ай бұрын

When 3.3s get older it happens. I pull them apart do the rod pin and bearings then they are good until they will no longer run. I do so many 3.3s I don't even film it anymore lol

@thebug4046

5 ай бұрын

That's not rod stretch that's tuiting in your engine way to lean and using Traxxas plugs. Tune richer and run with the os lc3 glow plug. They last forever unless you tune to lean. Rod stretch is when you have got into the 3 gallon area is the limit before it will start split rods they actually suggest changing them before that point fouled plugs are from to much fuel or oil on the plug coil And it will burn off in a few seconds of leaving the igniter on. Burned plugs is from lean tuning they will still glow but won't hold a catalytic reaction anymore and will only run with the igniter on. Popping plugs is from Mechanical issues like rod stretch or a bearing letting go

@gonewronggarage4565

5 ай бұрын

@@thebug4046 every plug that went out had no damage to the coil and is clean, they don’t even light up, I don’t get it..I know they are traxxas plugs but WTH

@thebug4046

5 ай бұрын

@@gonewronggarage4565 sounds like a run of bad plugs for sure! If they last a tank and don't light up with no damage to the coil then yeah garbage plugs bub. Os lc3 glow plugs will be your favorite thing since sliced bread. They start easier tune better than any other plugs and last a long ass time! They have a very good plating of platinum to hold the catalytic reaction properly 😉🍻

Hope your doing better with your leg and and I can’t believe someone actually thought about skateboarding bearings for a rc engine that’s absurd

@thebug4046

Жыл бұрын

Thanks man it's getting better slowly. But yeah One of the guys in our group decided to try it just for fun to see how it would work as an experiment and he learned pretty quick that it's just not worth it. good guy though!

@tonydetwiler2624

Жыл бұрын

@@thebug4046 oh wow

@thebug4046

Жыл бұрын

@@tonydetwiler2624 Yeah he does watch my channel and he did ask me what I thought of it I said I don't really think it's a good idea but he said well I don't really care if it blows up or not and I said OK well let me know how it goes and I don't think it went as well as we thought haha

@tonydetwiler2624

Жыл бұрын

@@thebug4046 You should’ve told him to make a video about it actually kind of curious to see how it sounded with those kinds of bearings in it

@thebug4046

Жыл бұрын

@@tonydetwiler2624 Yeah Me Too! I'm gonna keep in contact with him here I told him to grab a new set of bearings rod and pin and hes gonna change that out and post up

Tuna salad. No thank you. I’ll file this video away in the old memory bank. I broke a zip tie on my exhaust coupler once and was scratching my head til I found the broken zip tie. ( you talking about pressure loss)

@thebug4046

Жыл бұрын

Next time you're out at a Chinese restaurant get yourself a couple of pairs of plastic chop sticks. Heat around the top of the engine and push up on the bottom of the sleeve

@mikeh.748

Жыл бұрын

@@thebug4046 not sure what chop sticks (I don’t eat Chinese) has to do with a zip tie securing the coupler between the header and the pipe? That’s what I was referring to. I was wonder why it was running wonky till I saw the oil leaking out of the coupler.

@thebug4046

Жыл бұрын

@@mikeh.748 Your full comment wasn't readable until now for whatever reason so basically all I've seen was something about the zip ties and the cylinder heads so I was assuming you were trying to get to sleeve out that's why I had mentioned that hahaha and no you want to use the correct size exhaust seal and exhaust springs to hold it tight together. So you don't have any leaks or it will run and tune like shit.

Hey man what kind of plug would you recommend for a dynamite .19. I had a brand new Traxxas one fail after 2 mins of run time and the coil is still in perfect shape

@thebug4046

Жыл бұрын

OS lc4 glow plug would be what you want. And yeah the Traxxas plugs are garbage. They used to be good years ago but now the don't last more than 10 minutes.

I have a nitro slash 3.3 and I have run a gallon through the 3.3 and I’m still on the original glow plug. I hope it lasts forever because I’m cheap lol

@thebug4046

Жыл бұрын

You got lucky haha get a OS LC3 plug They last a very long time! I have gallons of all kinds of weird fuel on mine and they keep going. Some are years old

@Matthew_Does_To_Many_Things

Жыл бұрын

@@thebug4046 yeah that’s what I’m gonna do when my traxxas plugs are burnt up.

@skatetoexplorevideos2477

Жыл бұрын

I burnt 3 glow plugs in almost a gallon on my nitro slash. Just read another comment in another video about a guy stopping his engine by plugging the exhaust with his finger. It solved his glow plug problem of having to replace them. Supposedly, the glow plug burns up while it's starving for fuel if you use the red clamp to shut off the engine. I put the red clamp on my slash. Probably not the best idea now.

@thebug4046

Жыл бұрын

@@skatetoexplorevideos2477 running to lean all the time kills plugs. The Traxxas plugs have gone down in quality lately and don't last very long. Switch to a OS LC3 or LC4 Glow plug. And pinching the fuel line does not kill plugs. Control line engine run at 30k rpm and run out of fuel to stop over and over again. No problem. Plugging the exhaust pushes a but of fuel into the engine witch will sit and go corrosive and rust the inside of your engine. When you're done for the day just let it run out of fuel driving slowly or at idil then attempt to start until it won't start. Then that's it. Been doing it the same way for the last 24 years with quality fuel and Glow plugs without issue. So for you go with the os lc3 or lc4 glow plug and run a tad richer as you may be to lean. On the high speed needle. Also warn out connecting rod and bearings will eat plugs to if the engine has a lot of time on it.

@skatetoexplorevideos2477

Жыл бұрын

@@thebug4046 Ah, ok. thanks for the info. It's because of you that I'm getting those glow plugs and better fuel. I just used up all my Traxxas plugs, almost done with my Traxxas fuel. I ordered Morgan Fuel. Should get here on Saturday. I think I remember you saying this was good fuel, idk. I run my engine rich. Smoke does come out when I punch the throttle and hold it. So far into this hobby, the clutch spring broke on mine while the clutch shoes had no wear on them. Found out that the clutch shoes were installed the "aggressive" way. No need to explain, I already know this. I watched a lot of your videos so far.

I have a hot modded Nova.21 with all brand new internals but the bearing must be incorrect because it is spinning in the race. Kept popping my glow plugs still have it

@thebug4046

Жыл бұрын

Ah shit that's not good! I know they used a really weird bearing size compared to others. You get it sorted out?

I kept blowing plugs despite being really rich on my brand new vx18 engine and the plugs would just melt. I saw a bit of bronze chunks on the plugs so i took the head off and there was tons of play. Took the engine off and everything, turns out my bottom bushing has completely disintegrated into dust. How? No idea but i ran it in properly.

@thebug4046

7 ай бұрын

It could have been a casting flaw it's really hard to say but at least the parts are really cheap

do you make better rods for the 3.3? If so how much would say 3 cost me?

@thebug4046

Жыл бұрын

About 600$ not worth the effort. Just replace the factory rod every so often along with the bearings and pin

This is most likely my problem with one of my 3.3s that’s been driving me nuts.

@thebug4046

Жыл бұрын

Your welcome!

Hey Luke, how's it going? I have a question and you're about the most knowledgeable nitrohead I know. I need glow plugs for my novarossi Raptor .12 engine. The plug I want is a Novarossi RP6 turbo plug (medium turbo). Do you know these novarossi .12 engines and what alternatives I have? I know some guys use OS RP6, but these aren't great as they change the threads on the head.

@thebug4046

7 ай бұрын

Novarossi is no longer made unfortunately but the Reds racing plugs should be the ones you you need. Not sure how the heat range works on them. But run the same heat you are running as before

hi from nitro

@thebug4046

Жыл бұрын

Welcome! 😎

Hey man, dont be talkin bad about my wifes tuna salad, that shits delicious. I just dont care for when she puts ketchup in it randomly for a week😂😂😂

@thebug4046

Жыл бұрын

Hahaha it wasn't ment to be like that but some butt hurt idiot that is forced into eating his wife's smelly box 😂

What If I Add Another Gasket To The Glow Plug? Will That Help, B/c I Think I Will Get Lost Take Apart The Engine..

@thebug4046

7 ай бұрын

I have several videos showing how to do it. And adding extra gaskets sometimes works but usually leaks. What engine are you dealing with?

@TheTylerjoy04

7 ай бұрын

@thebug4046 Idk I'll Get Back To You When I Get Home From Work.. I know For Sure It's A MGT Truck, I Bought It Used, The Guy I Bought It From Said He Change The Motor But When Through About Gallons Of Fuel..

@thebug4046

7 ай бұрын

@@TheTylerjoy04 Hey man if you're absolutely not sure what you have posted up in the Nitro RC enthusiast group on Facebook I'm an Admin in there in the dark sunglasses 😎

My truck keeps blowing them like that the coil all popped out in the plug

@thebug4046

Жыл бұрын

Time to investigate

Funny and informative 👊😎

@thebug4046

10 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it 👌🏻💯🤘🏻