Sled won't pull over, all signs good.....

[chernoble]

2004 800 VES and it will not pull over. It has been sitting in my truck for the past week and it's been cold so I am hoping this is the cause. Plugs are perfect, coolant level is good, oil level drops every ride. Last week it ran perfect all day, re-started to load at the end of te ride. I am scratching my head....would the cold weather lock the motor up? I have it in a heated shop overnight to see if this does the trick. sled is somewhere around 2500 miles.

Hopefully it isn't the motor........

 

[chernoble]

the more i think about this

 

[rmkboxer]

does it pull over with the plugs out. let it warm up and then if it doesn't pull over then something major is wrong

 

[chernoble]

does it pull over with the plugs out. let it warm up and then if it doesn't pull over then something major is wrong

unfortunatly it didnt pull over with the plugs out. Tomorrow I am going to get into it and see what the scoop is. One of my best buds i putting money on it that I lost an oil line....

at least my wife said motor's can be fixed

 

[sled_guy]

One of a couple of things... piston is stuck or crank bearing gone and has it locked up.

Can you wiggle it back and forth by grabbing on to the clutch?

For grins I'd pull the pull starter off first. I have seen bolts come out of the starter cup and lodge in place causing it to lock.

sled_guy

 

[chernoble]

thanks guys, so after leaving in the shop over night the motor seems fine. Was able to easily pull the cord. Some water must have gotten into the motor through the custom hood/airbox. I left the throttle taped off, air box out and plugs pulled out to letthe water evaporate. One of my buddies thinks my recoil froze and that was the problem, any thoughts? I am going to fire it up tonight and let it run for 10-15 minutes and warm up and get any moisture left.

 

[sled_guy]

If there was enough moisture inside the motor to do this then that is very bad. Typically the oil from running the motor keeps the moisture displaced.

Did you try turning it over by turning the clutch? If that worked then I buy the pull starter frozen idea, if that didn't work then I don't buy it.

You aren't going to get the water evaporated out of the motor, starting it and letting it get good and warm for a while will help. I would probably still pull the recoil housing off and look at everything in there closely.

As for internals of the motor... well if there is something wrong in there it didn't magically fix itself and you'll know that the next time you ride. :0

sled_guy

 

[chernoble]

We had so much snow/rain the last week it would not suprise me if it got into the recoil because I was a dum-azz and didn't put my cover on. I did attempt to pull the primary over when it didn't start, but it was cold as fak so it was dam near impossible. I suppose it would be hard for it to get past the throttle body without the throttle engaged. I started the motor, it fired up first pull, ran for 10 minutes and shut it off and put the cover on it. Going for a ride tomorrow so we will see how it turns out.

 

[chernoble]

Sled ran like a champ all day, except for the fact I forgot to tighten a spark plug before leaving, lmao, I though the motor was faked, but pulled the hood and the plug was out of the motor, again dum-azz, less pot before rides maybe LMAO!

1 problem though, I had a tough time keeping up with a TD8, I think I need one....

 

[mod03rmk800]

Some times I have seen these sleds fill the cases with gas bouncing down the road if the fuel is left on and act exactly like that.