My 2000 Polaris Magnum 500 has been stalling while using reverse. I've been told it could be Speedometer. Also possibly the Rev Limiter? Could it be the cold weather? It is kept in the garage--no heat. We've had many 0 degrees days/nights. At first using the reverse override would get it to reverse but now that doesn't even do it.

 

is this happening when the engine is cold, if so then it just need a good warm up 10-15 min. to get the oil thinned down and let the idle pick up some....Just an idea....

 

What type of stalling are we discussing here. Will it not move and stall? Does it move with misfiring? or does the engine die while shifting into reverse?

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The engine dies while shifting into reverse. When we disconnected the speedometer the reverse shifting would work. We are going to try a new speedometer. Thank you for your interest. Would you like to know the result? Do you have any further remarks or experiences with this problem?

 

Try unhooking the revers limiter.I am not sure on the newer ones but the older modles you could unplug the black wire and by pass the limiter.

 

Yes, definitely let us know what the results are. Thankfully I have not experienced this problem.

It almost sounds like there is an electrical short to ground shifting into reverse when the orange reverse light/rev limiter is engaged.

I think that you have isolated the problem. Please keep us posted.