12' dies every 100'

[irideabigpumpkin]

You have a short on your grip heaters, check the wires on the handlebars.
Very easy, the wire will be pinched and connecting to the handlebars.

 

[IQRTurbo]

Mine did this twice

I have had this happen on two separate occations and both times it was a bad voltage regulator. Replacing it remmedied the problem with about 1200 miles in between. The intervals between the sled dying varied between 100' and 1/2 mile while running depending on ground speed and the amount of fresh air cooling the regulator. On cold starts I would get quite a bit farther before it would go down the first time, then more frequent as it heated up. I had egt's on the sled and would see them go out about 5 seconds before the dash and next would be the sled running out of fuel from the dropping power to fuel pump. I would seriously check out the regulator before anything else.

 

[ReTodd]

Had the sled up again today. This time it was only an hour before it died. I unplugged all the bar wires except the tps. Tried blowing out the tps switch. Found that it would run if I kepth the rpm's up (3 min wot side hill no prob) but below 5k rpm it would die. Thinking more and more that it could be a fuel pump going bad as ghost said. It actually died the minute I let off the throttle on the truck and did it for the dealer while plugged to the computer and he didn't see any codes. We will see what he says.

 

[diamonddave]

The 2011 and up PRO's (800 CFI-2) use a completely different type of voltage regulator than the 2007-2010 IQ Raw's and 2005-2006 700/900's used. The 2011 and newer use an AC-DC voltage regulator.

 

[ReTodd]

Dealer says I had a bad throttle safety switch!! Surprised but happy if it runs tomorrow.

Rt

 

[Huizenga]

Have you looked at the fuel tank breather hose?

 

[ReTodd]

Well, sled did it again....ran like a top for an hour or two and then shut down. Limped it back to the cabin and waited 30 min and ran it hard again. I did crack the gas cap a few times but didn't hear any pressure or vacuum. Hoping to swap out the reg and see if that does it.

 

[ReTodd]

Final post....had it up again today. Used my plastic tunnel to keep the regulator packed in snow and it only died twice today once the snow was melted out. Re-loaded the snow and it fired right up. So, dealer has another Regulator on the way.

RT

 

[spencer]

Final post....had it up again today. Used my plastic tunnel to keep the regulator packed in snow and it only died twice today once the snow was melted out. Re-loaded the snow and it fired right up. So, dealer has another Regulator on the way.

RT

Keep running with a bad Voltage regulator there is possibility of destroying your ECU, could even casue severe engine damage or a fire and 1200 dollars to Tony Reece. Hope you found your issue, nothing worse than not knowing.


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