jayb6550
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Hello! i’m having troubles keeping the temp down on my nitro engine. I know the basics of tuning and what to look for when it’s running too rich or lean. originally, the engine was running too lean with temps getting up too 200-260 degrees after only a couple minutes of idling, so tuned it to run rich. I thought it was doing great. it had just the right amount of blue smoke and minimal oil coming out the exhaust. i check the temps and they are even hotter being 210-265 degrees after a couple minutes of idling. so i richened it out even more to the point when lots of smoke coming out and being a little sluggish on throttle. it shocked me to find out it was running at 290 degrees!! I noticed it started getting hot being the engine was smoking and was hardly moving the car any on throttle. any thoughts?