cracked intake boots and oil seep

[nchappy]

Gotta replace some cracked boots.
Are these the correct ones for a 2006 900?
https://www.denniskirk.com/kimpex/reed-cage-mount.p184821.prd/184821.sku

Also have a slight oil seep.
Can you tell from the pic what that is?
Very new to the 900, and sleds in general...
Appreciate the help.
Thanks,
Neil

 

[BB454]

boot

Polaris part number is 1203917, not sure if that Kimpex is the right one. 1/3 the cost of the Polaris.

Oil seep looks like it's coming out the exhaust. Check for loose bolt or replace the gasket.

 

[dyrengd]

The kimpex boots work great, I've used them for two seasons without a problem. Just give them a good preseason look every year and a quick preride inspection before each ride. That advice goes for all boots kimpex or Polaris, you just want to avoid a lean condition caused by sucking air.

The oil leak looks like it is coming from a leaky exhaust manifold gasket, I would recommend buying the gaskets from SLP. I had the same problem after every season, the SLP gaskets seemed to clear the problem.

 

[jsledder]

Very common, my stock ones were cracked at 400 miles and I replaced them with the OEM Polaris boots and covered them with some aluminum heat tape to keep the oil and some heat from getting to them.

 

[nchappy]

Thanks so much!!
Any words of wisdom for removing old boots/installing new boots?

 

[Jerseyrider]

Pretty simple process if you are handy. Remove the exhaust pipe and remove the six bolts that hold on the y pipe (6 or 8mm hex). This will give you access to the boots.

Do not know what air box you got but the less you have to move the throttle body up the better. The throttle body has the oiler cable connected on the underside. They bend and break easier than they should. If you lift the throttle body up too much the cable might break.

Depending on your air box you might be able to loosen the clamps between the air box, remove the air box and then move the throttle body forward (front of the RMK) to remove the boots. If you can not remove the air box you could try to get it to move forward enough so you can move the throttle body forward.

The idea is to try and not lift the throttle body up (which puts pressure on the oiler cable) to remove the boots but move it towards the front.

And I concur with adding heat tape to them once you get the new ones on.

 

[Danbot]

Reflective tape will make the boots last longer, I wrapped each boot as best I could, and once it was all installed I layered 2 or 3 more strips across both boots making a shelf of sorts.

Although inspecting your oiler cable is a good idea, aside from that I recommend just removing the intake plenum, and tipping the throttle bodies away from the engine to change the boots (like jerseyrider mentioned). The less you mess with the oiler cable the better! If you do have to remove the throttle bodies at one point, access to disconnect the oiler cable is easiest by removing the drive clutch.

If you dont have a service manual, send me a pm

 

[nchappy]

Thanks everyone!
Found the deep snow manual...
Will dive in when the boots arrive