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i have never heard of anyone stopping the engine by the flywheel...not sure thats a good idea either.... i am 1/2 and 1/2 on the plugging tail pipe and pinching.....i use both...lately i been plugging the exhaust more then pinching... i dont have a problem restarting....but i dont have my 523 yet either...
Posts: 59 | From: Saskatoon, Canada | Registered: Sep 2006
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Yes i have also used plugging and pinching about 1/2 and 1/2 but som guys at my track sometimes stops the fly wheel and sometimes I flood the engine when plugging and running a little rich.
-------------------- Revo, TM523, DX3 Posts: 15 | From: Sweden | Registered: May 2006
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I prefer touching the flywheel to stop the engine. This eliminates both flooding the engine and leaning the engine. Use the handle of a screw driver or the tip of your shoe. It takes hardly any pressure at all to kill it. Engine always re-fires immediately this way too. At least this is what has been best for me.
-------------------- May the force be with you Posts: 4 | From: Nevada, USA | Registered: Oct 2006
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I pinch the fuel line at idle. Split second lean at idle is harmless IMO, plus you don't leave any fuel in the engine.
Posts: 18 | From: AUS | Registered: Oct 2006
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Pinching the line doesn'e eliminate ALL fuel from the engine, it just ensures there is not quite enough for the engine to run. Also, a short bit of it running lean could damage the engine if it is already a little lean or not perfectly in tune. I can't find it right now, but there is a device that goes on (I believe) a savage that acts as a flywheel brake specifically for killing the engine without the richening or leaning of the line pinch or exhaust pinch methods.
Posts: 70 | From: Seward, Alaska | Registered: Mar 2006
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If you pinch the fuel-line then the engine will run untill there is no more fuel, I think this is a good and easy method. What I would like to add is that your engine needs to be at its working temperature when you do this so that after you have stopped the engine the left-over alcohol will evaporate and it will leave then a nice oil-film inside the engine. Of course when you stop the engine it must be done with the engine at idle.
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Do not plug the exhaust, just pinch the fueltube until the engine stops. Plugging the exhaust floods the engine and so there will be a lot of fuel inside which can cause oxidation after.
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