That sounds great if you can afford the stock-on-hand. Heck, I'll give you free advertising!

 

Try changiing fuses,I did,fan now works,old fuse looked good,it was original it's a blue 15 amper,they be cheap change'em all
all the best!
tekneek

 

Dude, if your oil wasn't circulating your motor would have locked up or punched the rod through the cases before it ever had a chance to warm up. You are correct in that the light does both duties but if your engine is still running, it wasn't the lack of oil pressure that made your light come on

 

I had the same problem with the temperature switch on mine when it was about a week out of the showroom. I also couldn't find a replacement for it anywhere. I ended up just ordering one from berts. It took about a week and a half for them to get it. I intended to order a couple from them just in case, but never got around to it.

For anyone that rides in wet conditions, these temperature switches are not sealed from outside elements and water can easily make it's way into the switch eventually causing it to arc and short out. Make sure you seal the wire connections well with silicone.

 

I noticed that on my 2003 Baja, Bombardier had started using some silicon or hot glue to keep the terminals from moving thus keeping the unit from shorting due to vibration. If you use a bunch of silicon on the outside to protect the switch you'll end up doing the same thing since the terminals wont move around anymore, thus killing two birds with one stone.

 

Well heres the situation going on with my DS's fan. When my DS had about 20 hrs on it, up til then i have never heard/saw the fan kick on which i thought was strange. Well about two weeks ago I checked the fuse and it looked brand new so i didnt think it could be that. A couple days ago i decided to change the fuse just for the heck of it, and a couple seconds later it finally kicked on. Since the other day when it finally kicked on the fan will only seem to kick on during idle. Maybe thats because its only 50 degrees out up here. but the thing is I cant even touch any part of the engine for over two seconds or it will just about burn my hand and I can feel the heat beating on my legs too during riding. My question is does your guys DS's seem to get that hot when the fan isnt on, it just seems to me that my fan should be kicking on more often. I wish i had a coolant temp. gauge right about now.

Thanks, Steve

 

There is only one GOOD way to say if your fan should or should not be kicking on more often; a temperature gauge of some sort. The fan on my Baja doesn't seem to come on very much either (it's an '03 as well.) You can also try some various methods to make it run cooler, which even if it doesn't need to be on more, is never a bad thing to have your engine running cooler. The most common cooling additions are: Radiator shrouds, in line coolers and 'super cooling' coolants. On my 2001 DS I have Engine Ice and radiator shrouds which seem to work very well. In fact right now I don't even have a fan on it! I plan to run engine Ice in my 2003 Baja but have not installed it yet.

 

Thanks Blackhawk, Im probably just being overly paranoid about it, I get like that sometimes. Ill just have to get a temp gauge and go from there. Any of you guys run em, and if so where did you get yours from?

 

ThePunisher has one, you should PM him and ask where he got it unless he or someone else posts the info here publicly. If you install the inline temp gauge, you wont be able to run an inline cooler since they both need to go in the short 4" piece of radiator hose which is on the upper right side of the engine as you are sitting on the ATV.

 

The fan doesn't come on much unless you cruse around real slow (like the wife does when she rides mine[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-disgusted.gif[/img] ). Other then that your forward motion provides plenty of airflow through the radiator so the fan is not needed. Its hard to tell when the fan is running unless you get off and look closely. Other ways to tell if your fan is running are;
Turn the engine off by the kill switch (on the handlebar) while leaving the key on, the fan will continue to run.
You can feel the rush of heat blowing across your leg when stopped and idling.
When you turn off the engine by the key and it continues to run for a second or two.

Vegas 650 has a termp gauge on the Sand Pig. Maybe he can tell us where to get one