Dead Rhino, any ideas?

[revpilot]

My 06 Rhino 660 just died like I'd shut the key off. I've got gas, put in a new plug, pulled the fuel line off at the carb and it shoots fuel when I crank it. I'll figure out a way to get it on the trailer tomorrow unless someone knows what it might be. I dread hauling it in because I'll have to call them every day for a month to get it fixed.

 

[rockymking]

If it's got fuel, just check air and spark ... it's got to be one of those three. Sounds like fuel issue to me, since it died suddenly ... try pulling the carb off and cleaning up the internals. It might just have got some gunk in the pilot jet. Did you use some fuel treatment before putting it away for the winter?

 

[DRD]

Go over to Rhinoforums.net and got to the engines section of the forum. At the top of the page is the manual available for download. You can then check the usual suspects, ignition etc.

 

[Gimpster]

Thanks for the service manual download tip

Always looking for free manuals for my shop



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[revpilot]

Thanks guys, rhinoforum is a very cool place. I'll download that manual for sure!

 

[Ex-Member]

If a dead rhino is anything like a dead whale....

 

[Blu Du]

should a got a mule

 

[Gimpster]

Thanks guys, rhinoforum is a very cool place. I'll download that manual for sure!

I would like to help out, but I haven't worked on one for 6 months and that was for an axle boot

I would start at the fuses, battery connections, stator and pulser tests, then coil and ignition connections and ohms. Also ohm out the spark plug cap 5000 plus or minus 1000 is standard resistance of them

----- Gimpster -----

 

[revpilot]

I would like to help out, but I haven't worked on one for 6 months and that was for an axle boot

I would start at the fuses, battery connections, stator and pulser tests, then coil and ignition connections and ohms. Also ohm out the spark plug cap 5000 plus or minus 1000 is standard resistance of them

----- Gimpster -----

Thanks, I'll run those and tests and if it doesn't work out I'll use the whale treatment and buy a mule.

 

[hilinerider]

you said what to check first, if it died like you shut the key off than it is spark, could be a broken wire or connection

 

[revpilot]

Well, it was the stator. If anyone gets stranded out in the boonies because of your bad stator, you can disconnect the rectifier down by the dipstick and it will run again until the battery goes dead. I've got a deep cycle in mine for the winch so I'm going to run mine this weekend while I wait for a new stator. Thanks for the help everyone.

 

[rockymking]

Glad to hear you got it figured out revpilot ... ignition troubleshooting can be a real PITA sometimes.