help.ASAP.was driving on lake and sled died..info below

[mcmarkrazz]

I was running the lake at about 70-90mph when the left hand side of gauge had a red light blip..the sled slowed and then rode again for a few seconds and then died and the red light was on solid..its dark so I have no idea what the red light was for..The temp was 147 as I always drive with it showing to make sure I dont run hot..we had been riding all day on the trails and wa on my way home any idea anyone?
anyone know what the red light on gaige was indicaying? my oil was still half full

 

[94fordguy]

If I recall correctly,

Check engine
Oil
Temp

are all colored red and on the far bottom left of the gauge.


Reverse is yellow
High Beam is blue
Brake is red

and are all located on the bottom right side of the gauge.


If it wasn't temp and your oil is ok, it must have been a check engine light. Did it go into limp mode before it stalled, or did it just completely die? Can you get it to restart?

A steady CEL LED indicates a faulty vehicle speed sensor, but I don't see any reason this would kill the engine.... hmmmmm.....

 

[mcmarkrazz]

If I recall correctly,

Check engine
Oil
Temp

are all colored red and on the far bottom left of the gauge.


Reverse is yellow
High Beam is blue
Brake is red

and are all located on the bottom right side of the gauge.


If it wasn't temp and your oil is ok, it must have been a check engine light. Did it go into limp mode before it stalled, or did it just completely die? Can you get it to restart?

A steady CEL LED indicates a faulty vehicle speed sensor, but I don't see any reason this would kill the engine.... hmmmmm.....

it stalled ,slowed, then took off and then died
wouldnt start but was able to pull rope so not siezed
ALSO ITS STUCK OUT ON THE ICE HOW DO I GET IT HOME IF IT WONT START ?????????????

 

[sloan188]

Probably need to have a friend tow you. Make sure you take the belt off before towing it.

Need a little more info to help you troubleshoot....

compression?
spark?
fuel pressure?

Based on your description of what happened and my own similar experiences, I'd be leaning towards a bad stator or TPS pigtail but without more information who's to say?

 

[Cerialsledder]

Just an idea but is it possible for the pickup tube to come free on the pump? sounds like it was losing fuel then gulped a bunch and then ran out.... What was your voltage meter telling ya in the top right corner before she died if you remember

 

[mcmarkrazz]

just went to get the sled ..filled all fluids to make sure that wasnrt an issue as radiator fluid was pretty empty..sled started right away..let it warm and then rode foer a few seconds ,then started hesitating,running ,hestating then running for a few more before it stalled. we wernt able to start it again and it was the check engine light that came on..it was on off on off continously untill it stayed on when dying..anyone>?
got it in the back of my truck and atleast its in my driveway now

 

[Z-Man]

Said it before and I will again try adding half a bottle of Iso heat in your fuel tank. Stick sled in warm garage overnight if you can.

 

[sloan188]

when was the last time you changed the fuel filter?

 

[mcmarkrazz]

Said it before and I will again try adding half a bottle of Iso heat in your fuel tank. Stick sled in warm garage overnight if you can.

use a bottle with every fill-up

 

[mcmarkrazz]

when was the last time you changed the fuel filter?

maybe 800 miles ago..too long?

 

[sloan188]

probably not...depends on the quality of the gas....

 

[sloan188]

Was the light flashing consistent and the same all the time or was there a pattern? I'm asking because if it always looks the same then it is probably repeating a 1 flash code which is the TPS voltage out of tolerance. If this is the case, then you probably have a bad TPS pigtail. This happened to me recently and I experienced similar symptoms as you...it started off hesitating but would come out of it, then it stalled and wouldn't start, then it started and hesitated worse....turned out to be the TPS wire closest the front of the engine at the TPS connector itself...it came off in my hands. Luckily I had a spare (as this is a common problem) to replace it with...

 

[mcmarkrazz]

Was the light flashing consistent and the same all the time or was there a pattern? I'm asking because if it always looks the same then it is probably repeating a 1 flash code which is the TPS voltage out of tolerance. If this is the case, then you probably have a bad TPS pigtail. This happened to me recently and I experienced similar symptoms as you...it started off hesitating but would come out of it, then it stalled and wouldn't start, then it started and hesitated worse....turned out to be the TPS wire closest the front of the engine at the TPS connector itself...it came off in my hands. Luckily I had a spare (as this is a common problem) to replace it with...

Sounds about how it ran ..thank you.. Will investigate that .is there a way to check if its bad without buying one first? Don't want to be getting parts and that's not the problem or would it be good to have one anyway like u mentioned? Where to get one? Ty

 

[sloan188]

IMHO it's a common problem so changing it now or having a spare on hand will never be a bad thing. Part Number is 2203165. To install it you need to cut the old one off (cut it away from the connector so that when you solder the new one on the overall length remains the same. Think when I did mine it was easier to cut less off yielding an overall increase in length. Too long is better than too short) and solder/shrink wrap the new one to the old wires. The new wires aren't the same color so you need to look at the old one you cut off to figure out what goes to what.

In order to try to isolate this as your problem, I would recommend pulling on each of the connector wires....how hard to pull is black magic...you want to pull hard enough that if there is a problem you will find it but not hard enough that you cause a problem that wasn't there.

Something else you could maybe try is pushing in on each of the wires while trying to start it. Once you get it running, move each of the wires around and see if you get the 1 flash code.

The negative side of this is if this doesn't turn out to be your problem and you lose troubleshooting time waiting on the pigtail....

Anyone else have thoughts about pigtail troubleshooting?

 

[06700RMK]

Not sure if you have fixed it yet but too check the pigtail to the tps you need a volt meter . you can check resistance buy removing the gas tank and finding the connector that the tps wires run to the computer . locate the correct color wires on your computer side of the wiring and test the resistance between the tps plug in and the computer plug . all three wires should show about the same resisatnce . if you are getting an OL reading on your DVOM there may be a short in the wire, broken or has a bad connection to the wire in one of your connectors ........