View Full Version : Upside down flooding/boging


chrisbcrunch
07-22-2005, 04:04 PM
hi i have a tamiya TNX mt and when i jump a ramp and if the truck flips over the truck wll either shut off or when i start to run it will bog down. i know its from the fuel going into the engine and flooding it cause being upside down. when i try to start it back up it wont and i have to wait about 5 mins for it to unflood which sucks. i was wondering if there anything i can get so if the truck goes upside down that it wont flood the engine so i wont have that problem?

patcollins
07-23-2005, 08:23 PM
The truck flipping over doesn't flood the engine.

It will die when it flips over because the fuel pickup in the tank is at the botton and it can't pickup any fuel when there is no fuel at the pickup.

It is possible that fuel is getting into the pressure tube and this keeps the fuel from reaching the carb because there is no pressure helping the fuel to get to the carb.

A longer coil of fuel tubing on both the fuel feed and the pressure tap will help both of these conditions.

DKJ-M3
07-28-2005, 09:45 AM
& add 2 large in-line fuel filters on the carb fuel line.