i installed my 2 new gauges that i have on my pics page for my Temp and Oil...they are the 1 1/2 inch and i got them mounted and lights working...i got a couple ???'s
the main one is i CAN'T get the oil plug with the allen wrench head out, it is stripping on me. how can i get that out???
2) what are the psi the oil is supposed to be
3)what is the temp supposed to read when warmed up

 

1.You might try a bigger allen wrench and peck it in with a hammer and try that. The pecking of the hammer might also help loosen it up.

2. I'm not for sure on the 500 but the 700 should be 25-34 psi at 5500 rpm's when the engine is hot.

3. Mine stays around 185-195 and the fan comes on at 196.

 

i believe my temp was around 200-210 today, that sound rite for a 500 anybody??
ANYONE got any idea how to get that allen head screw out if it is almost striped instead of the pecking of the hammer????
thanks for the answer sportsman70003....

 

Thats waayyy to HOT ... 170 to 190 normal ... fan on at 190 ... 210 over heat POD light should come on. Sounds like your fan isn't working or the radiator is plugged.

 

It is funny that this topic should come up today. I just changed my oil this afternoon and I too stripped the oil plug. You won't believe what I found...

The darn thing is a metric allen. I know, I know, everything else on the bike is SAE, but I'm telling you as God as my witness, the metric allen wrench is the one that fit. I even bought a brand new plug from my dealer and it is a metric oil plug. GO FIGURE!

Anyway, good luck.

 

it is running like it has been running for the last 2 years i believe, the temp gauge says at 200 and the fan kicks on several times, i hear it when i am idleing, seems to be working fine, i think.. what do i need to do to check this?? it has the rite amount of coolant in it.
also, i need to make sure i am trying to get the rite plug out for my oil gauge line...
on my 500, looking at it from the leftside at the temp sensing plug, to the left about 3 inches, the plug is located at a slant on the bottom side of the block...that the rite one?

 

dude, u didnt know that mostly everything on a quad is metric.

 

Most bolts on an american made atv such as the polaris is SAE.

 

what about an "easyout"?? i have heard of it but don't know what it is? think this will work?? and is this the rite screw i am trying to get out?? the one 3 inches to the left of the temp sensor, sorta at a diagonal slope? thanks

 

Sportsman70003 said it! On a Polaris most everything is SAE.

So I wonder why the metric on the oil plug? Probably so you strip the first one out and the dealers can suck another $6.00 out of ya. LOL

Oh well, now I know.