# Too heavy for it's engine?

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/too-heavy-for-its-engine/15464>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [May 11, 2018, 3:12am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/too-heavy-for-its-engine/15464 "2018-05-11T03:12:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Westafrica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e79b87/32.png) [@Westafrica](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Westafrica)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 3:12am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/too-heavy-for-its-engine/15464/1 "2018-05-11T03:12:03Z")

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So I’ve been suping up a vehicle, only I have a problem. Too heavy for it’s engines. I was originally using a V6 engine. So I then switched up to the V12 which I was told was better, no dice. In trying to find something I heard it MIGHT be a glitch? But I’m not going to put it past myself that this is likely human error on my part. Anyway, here’s the layout, please help me if you can.

[https://imgur.com/a/aKzNqYz](https://imgur.com/a/aKzNqYz)

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**Author:** ![TheMurderUnicorn](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/themurderunicorn/32/5706_2.png) [@TheMurderUnicorn](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheMurderUnicorn)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 3:21am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/too-heavy-for-its-engine/15464/2 "2018-05-11T03:21:29Z")

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I don’t see anything wrong with it. Someone told me that they drank fuel from tanks top to bottom, though, so I wonder if that being a diesel tank means the engine’s not getting fuel.

I’ve gotten the ‘is too heavy for its engine’ message upon running out of gas. But that’s really all I can figure, and it’s just something someone told me so I don’t even know if that’s right.

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**Author:** ![Westafrica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e79b87/32.png) [@Westafrica](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Westafrica)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 3:30am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/too-heavy-for-its-engine/15464/3 "2018-05-11T03:30:11Z")

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Just tried removing the diesel tank. No dice. Thanks for the suggestion though.

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**Author:** ![darktoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@darktoes](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/darktoes)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 3:50am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/too-heavy-for-its-engine/15464/4 "2018-05-11T03:50:51Z")

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Your offroad coefficient is pretty low, maybe you need bigger/more wheels?

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**Author:** ![kevin.granade](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kevin.granade/32/1316_2.png) [@kevin.granade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kevin.granade)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 5:42am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/too-heavy-for-its-engine/15464/6 "2018-05-11T05:42:12Z")

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That engine is pretty far in the back, it might have shifted the center of mass outside the wheelbase.

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**Author:** ![Coolthulhu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/coolthulhu/32/2446_2.png) [@Coolthulhu](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Coolthulhu)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 11:25am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/too-heavy-for-its-engine/15464/7 "2018-05-11T11:25:06Z")

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Turn on debug mode (need to bind in keybinds first) then examine the vehicle with debug mode on to see its center of mass and pivot.

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**Author:** ![Westafrica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e79b87/32.png) [@Westafrica](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Westafrica)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 7:28pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/too-heavy-for-its-engine/15464/8 "2018-05-11T19:28:08Z")

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![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/2X/e/ec77b6f69147aa97d9b04f6f1be167efb0aa5ff4.png)  
Alright, I moved the engine there, I don’t know if that’s what you wanted me to do, but it’s what I tried. Didn’t work. Anyway, this is where the center of mass and pivot is. What do I do now?

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**Author:** ![Rose](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/rose/32/1963_2.png) [@Rose](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rose)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 8:22pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/too-heavy-for-its-engine/15464/9 "2018-05-11T20:22:06Z")

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Is ‘too heavy for its mass’ a system message? Never recieved one. And a V6 should be okay for a 6.7 ton vehicle. So it’s probably not the engine type that’s causing the problem.

Have you considered checking the wheels as @darktoes suggested?

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**Author:** ![Westafrica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e79b87/32.png) [@Westafrica](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Westafrica)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 9:34pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/too-heavy-for-its-engine/15464/10 "2018-05-11T21:34:49Z")

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![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/2X/8/8fdc4c5c5e9042838e9c9a395d2c0fccee945f5d.png)  
Using 24" wheels, six of them now, made blue lines to show where they all are, but more wheels didn’t help, at least not the additional 2. And I relocated the engine back to the front, indicated by the red circle.

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**Author:** ![ejseto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9dc877/32.png) [@ejseto](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ejseto)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 9:50pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/too-heavy-for-its-engine/15464/11 "2018-05-11T21:50:57Z")

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Did you try to create an amphibious vehicle?

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**Author:** ![Westafrica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e79b87/32.png) [@Westafrica](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Westafrica)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 9:58pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/too-heavy-for-its-engine/15464/12 "2018-05-11T21:58:32Z")

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No that isn’t what I was trying to do, should I?

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**Author:** ![ejseto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9dc877/32.png) [@ejseto](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ejseto)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 9:59pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/too-heavy-for-its-engine/15464/13 "2018-05-11T21:59:27Z")

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No, because it’s disabled and broken. If you install floaters, it sets your traction to zero causing that error message.

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**Author:** ![Westafrica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e79b87/32.png) [@Westafrica](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Westafrica)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2018, 10:00pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/too-heavy-for-its-engine/15464/14 "2018-05-11T22:00:45Z")

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I didn’t install any floaters to it.

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**Author:** ![darktoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@darktoes](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/darktoes)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 12:03am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/too-heavy-for-its-engine/15464/15 "2018-05-12T00:03:52Z")

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I don’t suppose the engine is disabled in the vehicle controls?

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**Author:** ![Westafrica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e79b87/32.png) [@Westafrica](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Westafrica)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 12:09am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/too-heavy-for-its-engine/15464/16 "2018-05-12T00:09:45Z")

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![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/2X/6/6b53ff192c7b7d7ed926d2b6f3b16190d7f0d862.png)  
Is that how it’s supposed to look? Does that mean it’s toggled on? I can’t figure out which button toggles it off and on anyway, nothing seems to happen.

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**Author:** ![darktoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@darktoes](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/darktoes)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 12:29am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/too-heavy-for-its-engine/15464/17 "2018-05-12T00:29:04Z")

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I think that means it’s on, and I’m not sure you can turn off your last engine, so that might be why you can’t turn it off.

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**Author:** ![Westafrica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e79b87/32.png) [@Westafrica](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Westafrica)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 1:11am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/too-heavy-for-its-engine/15464/18 "2018-05-12T01:11:19Z")

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Huh, that’s unfortunate. Anyone else have an idea why this isn’t working?

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**Author:** ![Rose](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/rose/32/1963_2.png) [@Rose](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rose)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 1:16am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/too-heavy-for-its-engine/15464/19 "2018-05-12T01:16:22Z")

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That’s indicated in the vehicle screen in the topmost row.  
V12 - Use (yes)

@Westafrica no ideas. But just in case, could you list the mods you’re using? And have you driven any other cars? Have you tried other engine types?

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**Author:** ![Westafrica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e79b87/32.png) [@Westafrica](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Westafrica)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 4:00am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/too-heavy-for-its-engine/15464/20 "2018-05-12T04:00:41Z")

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I tried a V6 engine before this, no avail. Other cars work. Notably, this happened once while I was working on an RV, but I just assumed the RV was broken.

Here’s my mods.  
 ![My%20mods](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/cataclysmdda/original/2X/3/3d4f9f5706d4e159f357491c231a4b6b6b8bf5ff.png)

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**Author:** ![gakm4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9fc29f/32.png) [@gakm4](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/gakm4)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 6:51pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/too-heavy-for-its-engine/15464/21 "2018-05-12T18:51:38Z")

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Best bet would be to make your save available to others could troubleshoot it and get back to you with a solution

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