ed palmer |
10-18-2015 01:55 PM |
2001 sprortsman 500 no start back fires
Hi everyone, im brand new to this forum, as a matter of fact ANY forum! well here goes. i inherited a 2001 500 h.o. sporstman i helped a friend and he gave it to me(im an auto mechanic 27 yrs.) he was riding it in the snow doing donuts machine just shut off and wouldnt start from that poin, he read a forum that stated the cams go bad he started tearing down and lost interest and 4 yrs later welhah!!! im here, ive cleaned the carb,tank and all fuel line,new spark plug,new pet cock(old one broke) cleaned flywheel and pick up senser, checked time dead on,adjusted valves that were not out of adjustment! and here we are weeks later she cranks backfires thru the exhaust,(it did start and run for a little while but not long) any one with suggestions wopuld be greatly apprieciated! and i promise when i fix this i will repost the fix(not like 20 thousand other posts that no one puts what the fix was)
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