has anyone experienced getting a little water in the air intake of the belt case?being stuck on the side of the trail for 10 mins. while it dries?is there anyway of extending the air intake from just behind the left front tire to help eliminate it,and is that case sealed? it happened to me and it was embarrassing..the water wasnt deeper than half the tire but when i hit the water it came over the racks.any help would be apreciated

 

Bowtie,
to keep the belt from getting wet, if you enter the water fast, say on the throttle.. do NOT lift off the gas. The positive pressure blowing out the exhaust duct will keep water from entering.
About extending the PVT exhaust, get a fresh air intake flex hose kit from the local auto parts house. On the left side of your machine where the clutch housing is, at the top theres a rubber flex fitting connecting the housing to an upper plastic piece of duct. Take it loose right there and completely remove the upper duct, replacing it with the flex duct you bought. run the other end up under your front hood and loop it over so that the end is angled down. Tie everything up securely with ty-wraps and remember to put a quality hose clamp on the connection.
The cover is suppose to be sealed, but i've heard of the gaskets not being properly installed form the factory. Put the extension on and drive it out in water over the clutch cover and stop... then see if it fills with water...
For more information and a few pictures on installing the PVT extension, go to Adam Dowdens (quadman) webpage (Scramblers Domain)
Good Luck!!!....

 

I don't understand why people say you have to replace the cover gasket everytime you take it off. I have had my cover off 4-5 times and on the stock gasket, and I give it plenty of water action!

BTW-I finaly met my water limits a few months ago. Died because water filled the air box in a deep hole. Didn't get past the filter though. So now I know I will fill my airbox before I get my belt wet, which is fine with me.

In this hole, I got stuck. 2 Sportsmans got stuck (all stock tires), and the only machine that made it was a '87 Big Bear 4x4 with bald tires. No idea how.....

 

I have had my belt cover off quite a few times myself and the gasket stays good. I also found my limit real quick, I hit a hole in the creek that swallowed my scrambler. It cut off and I was standing in water over my waist with my scrambler floating next to me. <IMG SRC="http://forums.atvconnection.com/ubb/redface.gif"> The airbox filled up and didn't get by the air filter, I was lucky I left the drain plug for the airbox off the day before, cause it drained as soon as it was towed out. My belt did get soaked, as soon as I started it up in neutral and reved it up, water flowed like a river out of the belt cover intake. It took less than a minute to dry! If you do get water on your belt then just put it in N and rev it until it is dry.

Steve

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Bowtie,

First, that’s not the intake you’re describing, it’s the exhaust. You can reroute it as mudmachine suggests or just extend it down about 4” by wrapping a piece of rubber roofing around it and securing it with a zip-tie. With higher rpms you’ll definitely have more air coming out of that exhaust, maybe enough to keep water / snow from entering, but you might just want to do something as simple as reconsider how fast you want to hit the water.


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FloodRunner, on the Wisconsin River

 

What about putting a "duck bill" on the end of the vent hose? These are new to Personal Water Craft's and used on the bilge drain. They are round where they connect to the drain and then transition into two flat sides that seal together to keep water from coming back in. It's like a duck's bill that is round at the head and flat at the end.
The water can force the rubber apart because of the pressure while moving but it can't open it up while still because the water is pushig it closed. If the air coming out of the vent opened it and it closed when there wasn't enough air pressure it should work.

The only problem that I can see is IF the transmission pulls air in through this hose. They don't, do they?

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Kevin Staton
Y2K Polaris Magnum 325 4x4
<a href="www.korrnet.org/watvclub">Windrock ATV Club</a>

 

Kevin,
I think it was Adam that tried to make some sort of flap to cover the exhaust. He ended up going with the air duct hose (maybe because of the duck ponds, rivers, creeks, and redneck sized mudholes here in Texas! hehehehe)
Anyway, the only thing I would worry about with a "flap" is if it would allow the hot air to escape when idling/low speeds?. And if mud/sticks/junebugs/snakes (HEY.. it happens) got between the flap and the end of the factory duct.
Somebody oughta thy this "duck bill" thing.. is there a picture anywhere to see what it looks like?
Later, Robert

 

I made some different types of "guards" for the PVT exhaust, and they worked well for splash protection. My first one was made out of lamenated cardboard that I cut from a box, and secured with the bolts from the fenders. It was simple, no cost to me, and worked for splashes. In deep water though, it worked well, but didn't really make a snorkel.

The PVT exhaust is what I have a snorkel for. The intake on my Scrambler is behind the side of the fender up against the gas tank. I haven't had any problems yet with water getting in there. On the Sportsman/Magnum too I think it comes up to where the holes are on the side of the gas tank area.

The duck bill thing sounds like a good idea, but I also wonder how well it would open up when all muddy and stuff. Also, I don't know it really as enough air force to make the air open the bill, if I understand right what your talking about. And the better the PVT breathes, the cooler it runs, the less likly you will melt your cover or mess up the belt.

On another topic... Robert, did the ATV Connection review of the Magnum help justify your new purchase? :-)

 

Adam,
Yeah, I had to read that off to my girlfriend to justify my purchase. Actually, after she threw a leg over it, I got bumped to permanent Scrambler duty. She LOVES that thing. (Magnum) That review said theirs WASN'T epuipped with EBS???..
I didn't know it was an option??..

 

'99 EBS stock, '00 it's an option. Not sure why, but someone was complaining in another forum about it.