The saga continues….
To be honest, I don’t believe track running the sled off a forklift or whatever they do was worth a heck. Alpine motorsports said that they had it up in the air and revved heck out of it. No codes.
I wait another week for the snow to get good but have started the sled multiple times. I book an awesome cabin on the grand Mesa in Colorado. I don’t use my ramp and just drag the slide out of the back of the truck. I started it, let it run and boom check Engine light comes on with the injectors again. The sled didn’t even run more than a minute after brand new injectors a ride ago and now a new PBR. Obviously frustration is going through the roof with the amount of money I have spent on travel for the warranty, the amount of money I have lost via work because I have to take it off for warranty work, flat out losing confidence going into the back country, the amount of money I have lost via snowmobile cabins/gas to get there and now I am in a great snowmobile spot and it won’t even get back into the truck.
So weekender powersports in Hotchkiss Colorado (Dennis Durmas) was super awesome on Friday afternoon and said to haul butt to their shop. They had injectors in stock. I get the sled to the shop barely before 5 PM. I drive back up to the Mesa to stay in the cabin and to wake up early to go back down to Hotchkiss. I get back to the shop, he has already changed out the injectors and the fuel filters/cotton filters for the fuel tank. We fire it up in the shop, the check engine light for the injectors light up right away again. I am beyond bummed. The mechanic was so awesome and was like I can figure this out no matter what for you. He basically started going through every wire of the sled and found out underneath the handlebars. Two wires were rubbing against each other and basically shorting out the sled. The mechanic fixed up all the wires. I have been starting it over and over again after canceling the sled trip home in the driveway. Quite honestly, I think this guy found the fix.
I have owned the sled since December 12, between the clutch recall and dealing with all of this. I have about 30 hours of driving to the dealership. Missed six weeks of riding easily. 3 expensive sled trips wasted.
The cherry on the top for me was that Alpine motorsports told me to call Polaris customer service….. like what the **** are they gonna do for me? I’m going to whine and say how much time and money they have cost me because I got a turd and it took someone that had mechanical skills that actually wanted to investigate instead of just doing warranty bullshit.
Going out again tomorrow.. I don’t even know what to say anymore. Fingers crossed I don’t limp back to the truck. Lol
I hope everyone had a rad safe weekend on their sleds and I’m sorry to vent.
