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  1. Polaris Sportsman
    This atv is a project of mine that ive meen wanting to get running. Ive replace the carb and im getting good fuel flow now, replaced the fuel lines, pump, and shut off valve. Ive checked compression with my thumb in the spark plug hole and it feels like it has good compression, ive put an nkg...
  2. ATV Repair and Maintenance
    So I have a ranger polaris 2011 400xp that won't start, when I turn the key it clicks once and that's all I get.... I'm going to replace started I already replaced batteries and I'm getting power to the starter and silanoid. Please feel free to tell me how to fix!
  3. ATV Repair and Maintenance
    Hey guys, so my brother has a 09 Polaris 850 sportsman. He bought it second hand and it was running fine when he got it. previous owner replaced the battery before my brother brought it and after about 10 hrs or so of riding we smelt a really horrible smell and the battery started smoking when...
  4. ATV Repair and Maintenance
    I recently brought my rzr turbo 2017 out on the ice. Well driving me and my passenger started to smell gas we stop and figured out that we never put the gas cap on after we filled it up. We then put it on and kept riding and it worked fine. Then the next day we needed gas again and figured we...
  5. ATV Repair and Maintenance
    Hi all. Help is appreciated :-) before I decide to throw my dear Polaris to the junkyard I have a Polaris Sportsman 700 EFI, 2005, that won't start I have replaced the fuel filter, and the fuel pump and I replaced the spark plug last year. The bike will crank but not start When the problem...
  6. ATV Repair and Maintenance
    Bought this Sportsman 500HO a couple months back. It ran fine then one day (while driving it nicely) it backfired, died, and wouldn’t restart. Granted, I think it also ran out of fuel BUT even after fuel it would not start. Now, while working on it I can sometimes get it to start and run when...
  7. ATV Repair and Maintenance
    I have an 07’ 500EFI DLX got with problems already; guy said “wouldn’t start, finally got it to start and while was idling hit throttle bike shut off and wouldn’t start again…..” I put on a charger charged battery up when I turned key switch to start motor did not crank but pod was illuminated...
  8. ATV Repair and Maintenance
    I was riding my 2000 xpedition 425. It was running great (about 5 minutes) and then suddenly abruptly died. I will say I did mistakenly l leave the choke on half way on. I thought it might be flooded so i let it set over night came back would turn over but noticed there wasn’t the normal buzz of...
  9. Polaris Xplorer and Xpedition
    My parents Bought me A old piece of trash polaris xplorer 400 2000 for about 400$ off of craigslist. Me and my dad have spent alot of time working on it and replacing faulty parts. so far we have... 1. bought a new battery and installed 2. bought a new solenoid and installed 3. bought a new...
  10. Polaris Sportsman
    I’ve be trying to get my wife’s old bike back up and running. I had it running for a few seconds the other day but had to shut it off because gas was leaking out of the shut off valve. I have a new battery on route, put a new starter, cleaned carb, new air filter, fresh gas. Hooked up to the...
  11. Polaris Scrambler
    Hello i am new to the forum. i have purchased a used scrambler 400 2 stroke 2x4 that needed the water pump seals done. i changed the seals and now have it re assembled. i can not get it to start with the pull cord now. the bike was running before i took it apart. I was wondering if maybe it is...
  12. ATV Gear and Gadgets
    While plowing drive way with my 2014 570. (400miles), idle rpm was 2000-2100 (too high to even shift). Finished driveway and parked quad outside garage for 2hrs (had apt). Came home to pull quad in and it would roll over but wouldn’t fire. I can hear fuel pump run, and after several attempts to...
  13. ATV Repair and Maintenance
    Bear with me lol... I’m no mechanic but dabble well. Just don’t have the experience needed so need some advice please. Bought the bike ran well for about an hour. Transmission problems brought me inside the garage to discover she do t start not more.. last run lasted one hour running fine...
  14. ATV Repair and Maintenance
    Here we go. I purchased a used 2013 Sportsman 500 HO (carbureted) knowing that it didn't run. The symptoms were when I turn the key, the display comes on (HOT ENGINE warning) but nothing else happens. No clicking or starter noise. The previous owner suspected it was the starter. I replaced...
  15. ATV Repair and Maintenance
    Hello! I recently purchased a 1987 Trail Boss 259 4x4, it had been used for plowing and then passed around and mostly sat for the last 20 + years. PO said the oil injector was not working, so for a while I was prefixing. After much tweaking I got it running, really good too! Recently came across...
  16. Polaris Sportsman
    Installed a new motor in my 2007 sportsman 500 HO efi. The motor I installed ran when I bought it and now will not run. After doing some testing I found that the fuel pump is not getting any power. I took a test light and check the plug in for the fuel pump and wasn’t able to get any sign of...
  17. ATV Repair and Maintenance
    Hi guys, The voltage regulator and the battery melted while driving. I replaced those but I'm still not getting power to the fuel pump. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance for any help!
  18. ATV Repair and Maintenance
    1996 sportsman 500 Replaced everything. Starter, solenoid, rebuilt carb, new battery, spark plug, air filter. Still won’t turn over. It just clicks. Something isn’t connecting and I’m out of ideas. What do I need to do to determine the problem?! Backstory. Was out running it, put it in neutral...
  19. ATV Repair and Maintenance
    Our 03 sportsman 400 was left untouched for some time so we took it to a local repair shop to get it back in working order. When we got it back we drove it not more than 5 miles before it started smoking, turns out whoever worked on it forgot to put oil back in it. The piston and rings burned up...
  20. ATV General Discussion
    Hello. I have a 2007 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI and I have had some problems with it. So I have been working on it trying to get it to start and I then replaced the battery and all the lights and the screen work but when i twist the key to go start it it click one time and then nothing happens...
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