New Pro burns

[SnowWay]

Truth hurts sometimes boys, live with it. I'm not going to go rounds with you, guess sleds just start on fire because they are not getting hot? Must be all that snow and ice starting them on fire.

No truth doesn't hurt....stupidity and ignorance hurts. I just saw your out of line post that had nothing to do with the topic at hand and couldn't help but laugh.
I completely agree that it's stupid to buy a mountian sled to trail ride...but it's not going to fricking catch on fire if you do. Lol

and btw...no I don't ride a mountian sled. I ride a 2015 SBA 144" crossover sled.

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[SnowWay]

Anyway...back on topic.
I would guess that it caught on fire due to oil or gas getting on the exhaust. That will start a fire very quickly.
I sure hope the owner had insurance on it, if he didn't it's a hard lesson learned. I will not even leave the dealer with a new sled without putting insurance on it first.

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[Sheetmetalfab]

Try to keep up genius.
1) hot high fax
2)hot belt drive
3)hot clutches/belt
4) hot coolant Temps
5) warmer pipe
All causing heat which can lead to something starting on fire, which comes from low snow, riding trails and lakes.
not saying this is cause of this sled but have seen many sleds not just a pro rmk start on fire from something getting hot or spilled oil/gas igniting. May have something to do with it

Haha sorry man.
Read that aloud to yourself and try to keep a straight face.

I know i cant.

 

[Merlin]

He should have turned it over to the insurance company and be badgering them for updates / get them to follow through. That is why most of you insure these things, make them earn that fee and provide the service your paying for.

Agreed 100%

 

[snowmobiler]

1) hot high fax
2)hot belt drive
3)hot clutches/belt
4) hot coolant Temps
5) warmer pipe

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[Reg2view]

Try to keep up genius.
1) hot high fax
2)hot belt drive
3)hot clutches/belt
4) hot coolant Temps
5) warmer pipe
All causing heat which can lead to something starting on fire, which comes from low snow, riding trails and lakes.
not saying this is cause of this sled but have seen many sleds not just a pro rmk start on fire from something getting hot or spilled oil/gas igniting. May have something to do with it

I didn't believe you were serious with the first thread, but...

Much of the UP gets more snow than the Horns, Tog, Alpine,and often more than Cooke and the Snowies. They got 36" in the past week, and get their +300 ever year. Guys were riding in the UP in mid May last year. Don't gotta be a genius to know short of snow it ain't...

 

[xc6rider]

My advice, stop riding mountain specific sleds on the trail and on lakes! You flatlanders just don't get it. What do you think is going to happen when you ride a 163" track on a lake with a sled that has minimal cooling based on the fact it's built for being rode in 6ft of snow not 6".

LMFAO. Complete BS! his sled burning has nothing to do with where he was riding, or how he was riding it, and everything to do with something acting up on it. Likely injectors.


Many of my friends and I, among many others ride our mountain sleds in "the flatlands". We hop on The rivers back here and haul the mail, sometimes with scary low snow, and many long ice stretches. I barely even have to worry about coolant temps, even with the Pro.

 

[Buster Douglas]

I had an experience with a 600 144 catching fire last year and polaris ended up warranting it it took almost all season but it happened polaris paid for everything but a new tunnel and they had me rebuild it

 

[Ult680]

It's hard to tell exactly what happened. Snow conditions were the last factor I would suspect. Either way I guess it was depressing to see a new sled with less then a 100 miles go up in flames. It sounds that Polaris wants to make it right but needs to follow their procedures. Snow could be gone by the time that happens.

 

[whitecat]

My advice, stop riding mountain specific sleds on the trail and on lakes! You flatlanders just don't get it. What do you think is going to happen when you ride a 163" track on a lake with a sled that has minimal cooling based on the fact it's built for being rode in 6ft of snow not 6".

snopromod...Your a friggin idiot! What do you have against flatlands? You have no clue how much snow is where he was. Either on the trail or the lakes. Pull you head out of your azz and take a breath dude!

I had an experience with a 600 144 catching fire last year and polaris ended up warranting it it took almost all season but it happened polaris paid for everything but a new tunnel and they had me rebuild it

Buster Douglas...What was the cause of the fire? Waterskipping it? Hahaha (jab to snopromod). But seriously. What was the fault?

My 2015 RMK 8-hundy. I had not even rode my sled (zero miles). From just heat cycling it on the stand a couple times, it had sprayed out black gunk all over the inside belly pan (which smelled like a mixture of exhaust, unspent oil and fuel). It sprayed thru the joint at the "Y" pipe and expansion pipe. Stuff looked like the same stuff that comes out the exhaust valve hose (which I re-routed out my sled). I bet excessive amounts of this gunk could cause a fire on a hot pipe or can.

 

[xc6rider]

snopromod...Your a friggin idiot! What do you have against flatlands? You have no clue how much snow is where he was. Either on the trail or the lakes. Pull you head out of your azz and take a breath dude!



Buster Douglas...What was the cause of the fire? Waterskipping it? Hahaha (jab to snopromod). But seriously. What was the fault?

My 2015 RMK 8-hundy. I had not even rode my sled (zero miles). From just heat cycling it on the stand a couple times, it had sprayed out black gunk all over the inside belly pan (which smelled like a mixture of exhaust, unspent oil and fuel). It sprayed thru the joint at the "Y" pipe and expansion pipe. Stuff looked like the same stuff that comes out the exhaust valve hose (which I re-routed out my sled). I bet excessive amounts of this gunk could cause a fire on a hot pipe or can.

When theyre new, oil and exhaust can still leak out of the exhaust donut. Takes some use til it fully seals up.

 

[whitecat]

When theyre new, oil and exhaust can still leak out of the exhaust donut. Takes some use til it fully seals up.

Yeh. That's what my dealer said as well. It did not make me happy because I had slight concerns it would catch fire. I didn't want to continue watching the gunk spray build up all over the belly pan and wait for the exhaust to self seal. So I listened to my conscience, the advice of some on here and took the exhaust pipe/can off. Cleaned everything up and used a high temp silicone on the joints and donuts then put it all back together. Got 120 (deep snow UP Michigan) miles and not a single splatter in the belly pan. I'm happy now! And I know a clean, properly maintained sled is a happy sled too.

 

[bkpa]

It's hard to tell exactly what happened. Snow conditions were the last factor I would suspect. Either way I guess it was depressing to see a new sled with less then a 100 miles go up in flames. It sounds that Polaris wants to make it right but needs to follow their procedures. Snow could be gone by the time that happens.

It is depressing, I feel your pain. Hopefully things turn out for him. I still think the insurance question needs to be answered. The insurance company can fight with Polaris. That is why he pays them. And he would have a new sled before the snow melts.

 

[89sandman]

I would say with a sled that new it should be the manufacturer having to prove it wasn't their fault, not the other way around!

 

[bobback]

If you buy a new truck and it burst into flames 2 days old, do you call it a manufacture defect or neglect?

I would say with a sled that new it should be the manufacturer having to prove it wasn't their fault, not the other way around!

Agree. ^^^^^

I just don't get why people are thinking it's an insurance issue when the sled is bone stock, and under warranty.

 

[mtncat1]

if that gunk that drips out of your pipe was going to catch fire why didn't it catch fire inside the pipe. plus how is it going to get from the bottom of the sled to the hot exhaust? if you want to ride this year you better turn it into your insurance. the manufacturer will take a very long time admitting anything on a fire.

 

[Jaynelson]

Agree. ^^^^^

I just don't get why people are thinking it's an insurance issue when the sled is bone stock, and under warranty.

You're joking right? So if the guy left the parking brake 1/2 on and burnt the thing to the ground....Polaris should pay?

If he had insurance (pretty obvious he doesn't), this would be sorted in a couple weeks regardless of what happened/didn't happen....wouldn't even be worth talking about. This is the exact reason to buy insurance....because you don't know when bad stuff is going to happen.

 

[Carlos Randolph]

Fire fire fire....!

Snopro mod.....

FYI penny for your thoughts and all knowing mind. Years ago, we brought our flatland sleds (mxzx 800 stretched to 144x2) to the mountains of Wyo. and one of these sleds started on fire and burnt to the ground. I personally would have blamed the fact that the brake lever/handle was sticking. Now with your enlightening statement previously in this thread, I could be led to believe that it was due to the fact that the sled was never designed to be ridden in that much snow and not the bent brake lever? I am sure when at home, in shorty flatland form, the fire never would have started as the wind would have properly cooled down or blown out the fire all together hammering down the lake......

Seriously......a MTN sled ridden in the "flatland" runs no hotter, but more likely cooler over all (belt,clutch,engine,coolant) than one that spends half the day at 8000+ with the flipper to the bars. "Always look before you leap"

 

[t30mg]

Try to keep up genius.....

4) hot coolant Temps.....causing heat which can lead to something starting on fire,......

Yup, blown radiator hoses on the interstates causing cars and trucks to burn down all summer LOL

Nothing like hot water to get a fire roaring

 

[whitecat]

if that gunk that drips out of your pipe was going to catch fire why didn't it catch fire inside the pipe. plus how is it going to get from the bottom of the sled to the hot exhaust? if you want to ride this year you better turn it into your insurance. the manufacturer will take a very long time admitting anything on a fire.

Not my sled that burned down. It was just my hypothesis about the gunk catching fire. Mine sprayed toward the belly pan. I'm sure it's possible it could of sprayed toward the can or "Y" pipe to. Lots of possibilities in this matter.