Yesterday I went over my wifes parents house to visit and we had gotten about 6-7 inches of snow, her dad was out at the dog club so the driveway had not been touched yet. her mom told me that I could get her dad's 94 polaris xplorer out and plow the driveway if I felt like it so naturally I was like hell ya. I went out to the back garage and turned the key on to find the battery wasn't charged enough to turn the motor over with the electric starter so I pulled on the recoil a few times and it fired right up. I gave it a bit of gas and it died on me so I pulled on the recoil a few more times to find the motor would not restart. I used my wifes 700EFI that we keep at her parents house to push the xplorer up the front garage where all the tools and battery charger are. I hooked up the charger thinking I would just use the electric starter to get it to fire up and it didn't help, by then I figured the quad was flooded so I removed the seat and looked in the storage box to find a new spark plug. I removed the side panel and then got the spark plug out, it looked wet and very very black so I put the new spark plug in after turning the cylinder over a few times to air it out. the motor still wouldn't start. I used a bit of starter fluid and it fired right up but died, my wifes mother came out and said "Did you turn the gas on" I said crap I forgot these stupid carbed models have the gas on/off valve on them. well I think she found the problem cause the fuel wasn't turned on and it fired right up after I turned the gas on, well I guess at least the quad has a new spark plug in it now! LOL

 

bin there done that [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

 

LMAO it happens to the best of us once in a while lol

 

you think thats bad, try taking it to a dealership for them to laugh at you and tell you the gas was off

 

It happens to me almost every time.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-blush.gif[/img][img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-shocked.gif[/img]

 

done that a couple times when going to pull it off the trailer.
The first time i was actually distressed and thought there was a problem for a few minutes, til i realized.
Now i catch on right anyway...well most the time!

 

ive done that a few times on our 500, i havent gotten to the point of EFI-itus as we never shut the fuel off on our 500, i really see no point in doing so.

 

ive done that...started driving down teh road wit our other quad next to me wit someone driving and both died at the same time...i stood there in disbelief then i go O YAA

 

But aint it a good feeling when you realize that, thats all it is.

 

yeah and you feel like a idiot too.