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Hello all. I'm not only new to this forum, but new to all forums. I guess we'll see if I can figure out how to navigate these things. You know the old saying, "Old dogs, new tricks....?"
Any way hello and HELP!!
I recently bought a used 2000 Polaris Xplorer 250 cc 2 stroke 4WD. It ran pretty good for a a few weeks. It even needed a battery and I was pull starting it until I got around to getting a new battery. Coincidentally, when I finally got the new battery, that is when the problem started. I'll describe what it does and hope that its a text book symptom for an easily diagnosed problem from one of you that is far more knowledgeable than me about these things.
The electric start and battery are fine now. I'll crank and crank and crank and crank and crank and crank and nothing happens. Then after maybe 3 minutes of cranking off and on, it will rumble or sputter just a bit and then go back to cranking and cranking again. Then after another minute or so it will faintly rumble or sputter again. If I keep cranking it, the rumbling or sputtering will get a bit more frequent and eventually I can play with the throttle a bit and get it to catch on, barely. When it does start to catch on, it starts to run, but I must keep playing with the throttle to try and keep it going and it is barely going. Almost sounds flooded, but I'm very good about not giving it any throttle until it starts the faint sputtering so I really don't thing its flooding.
I've had one local amateur repairman, tell me he heard of these thing's oil injection system giving too much oil and suggested that is what was making it hard to start and that I should disconnect it and just premix.
I called my local dealer and they thought the compression was low. I just bought a compression tester and checked it tonight and got a reading of 85. The dealer said it was supposed to be around 100 I think.
Whew! Sorry for the long winded story, but I wanted to try and explain what was happening well.
Thank you in advance for any help in this matter.
Any way hello and HELP!!
I recently bought a used 2000 Polaris Xplorer 250 cc 2 stroke 4WD. It ran pretty good for a a few weeks. It even needed a battery and I was pull starting it until I got around to getting a new battery. Coincidentally, when I finally got the new battery, that is when the problem started. I'll describe what it does and hope that its a text book symptom for an easily diagnosed problem from one of you that is far more knowledgeable than me about these things.
The electric start and battery are fine now. I'll crank and crank and crank and crank and crank and crank and nothing happens. Then after maybe 3 minutes of cranking off and on, it will rumble or sputter just a bit and then go back to cranking and cranking again. Then after another minute or so it will faintly rumble or sputter again. If I keep cranking it, the rumbling or sputtering will get a bit more frequent and eventually I can play with the throttle a bit and get it to catch on, barely. When it does start to catch on, it starts to run, but I must keep playing with the throttle to try and keep it going and it is barely going. Almost sounds flooded, but I'm very good about not giving it any throttle until it starts the faint sputtering so I really don't thing its flooding.
I've had one local amateur repairman, tell me he heard of these thing's oil injection system giving too much oil and suggested that is what was making it hard to start and that I should disconnect it and just premix.
I called my local dealer and they thought the compression was low. I just bought a compression tester and checked it tonight and got a reading of 85. The dealer said it was supposed to be around 100 I think.
Whew! Sorry for the long winded story, but I wanted to try and explain what was happening well.
Thank you in advance for any help in this matter.