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Old 07-29-2008, 08:24 AM
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Hello I went riding and went through some mud 50 miles into the ride my atv was overheating and went into limp mode. I looked at the radiator and it didnt look that dirty. has anyone else had this problem. I would rather not mount my radiator externally. Does anyone ever try different antifreeze. Oh Yeah by the way it was the first trip for my new 800
 
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Old 07-29-2008, 06:28 PM
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Make sure your rad fan is running. I have a stick that got rammed into the back of my fan stopping it.

I also had to pull my rad since if you look through the fins closely you can see mud inbetween the fins. But since this is your 1st trip, i wouldnt think that would be the problem yer
 
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Old 07-29-2008, 06:39 PM
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No The fan was running constantly. I Will Probably take it back to the dealership. The belt would also slip when i went though 2' of water.
 
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Old 08-13-2008, 08:31 PM
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If you were overheating, it would probably kill your throttle power to like 25%. The computer shuts your power down when you run it hot. My limp home mode came on during my maiden voyage as well. I was told it was probably from shifting on the fly from 2 to 4 wheel drive.
 
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Old 08-13-2008, 08:36 PM
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Thats odd I Probably only had to shift like twice into 4 wheel drive. To busy to call or take it to the dealer. i just wondered if coolant would make any diff.
 
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Old 08-14-2008, 12:13 PM
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There's a way to tap into the Can-am codes. Maybe something is falty? Its something involving turning the key on to the lights, holding down the bottom on the display guage and then flickering the lights between hi/low 3x very faster. Then a code should come up. It mite tell you something
 
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