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  • OS32 wont start...

    I dont know really what else to try...its an absolute pig.
    Its been stored for a year..
    cleaned, new fuel and tubes,
    tried all settings with the needle valve and mixture valve
    glo plug is OK - ive checked..
    checked the horn etc...
    it just turns and fuel trickles out the muffler

    I had replaced the gasket on the heatsink head last week, would a lack of compression prevent it from firing?..

    any help or suggestions would be appreciated..
    Im close to binning it and getting somat else

    Rich

  • #2
    lack of compression will result in it not starting definitely. If its been stored for so long a stuck piston ring is probably the most likely cause
    Ron

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    • #3
      pull it apart
      check the bearings
      free the ring off
      give it a good clean
      clean out the carb
      re-assemble
      and now check the exhaust
      make sure the pressure nipple isn't blocked and the exhaust isn't blocked
      and fit a new plug

      i had an os32 that played up and it turned out to be the exhaust
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      • #4
        Lack of compression I would say. Squirt a bit of fuel in the plug hole put plug in and see if it responds at all, not too much or it will just compress. If it shows a sign of firing then just dies again its a compression loss. I would think a new ring might be in order but to be honest a new OS50H or similar might be cheaper than messing around!

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        • #5
          ok..been trying to reply with pics for last hour...might have cracked it now..

          Based on your advice guys, ive bit the bullet and stripped it out (wasnt much else i could do anyway)..
          I did make a post a little while ago about the liner having marks....so this is all stripped out and pic'd here for your opinion....
          The piston has a fine groove but no ring - i can only presume its a non ringed SX-H as per the exploded diagram ive got...which worries me more that the liner prob is more a factor here?..
          The liner i believe from googling, has a nickle type coating that is known to do this sort of thing...i cant find if it is actually a problem, but i suspect so?
          please take a look at the pics and let me know your thoughts....the engine has not done a lot of work - its practically new - and i suspect this liner problem is a result of my poor storage practices....

          nickle coating.jpg

          piston.jpg
          thanks
          Rich

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          • #6
            that liners had its day
            the options are
            a new non-ringed piston and liner
            a new ringed piston and liner and ring
            or another engine
            Hirobo Turbulence D3
            a bunch of bls servo's and a 701 gyro
            Powered by an OS91 hz and a MP2
            Winner of the LHC Scale Cup 2011

            1/4 scale Vario Bell 47 G3
            1/3 scale Vario R22
            2012 LHC Scale Cup Judge
            member of save the flybar foundation
            www.alcesterhelicopterclub.bmfa.org
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