Sportsman 700 problems
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Sportsman 700 problems
My 03 Sportsman 700 has had some pretty disappointing performance issues ever since I got it new last summer. It has just over 200 miles right now and it's done the same thing since it had 1 mile on it. Whenever I'm on a moderately steep side hill (left side down hill) or when I turn sharp right at 20 mph or higher, it sputters and gags and loses power, and sometimes completely dies. I can also smell gas most of the time when I ride it. It's been back to the shop 3 different times and they've tried all sorts of things (leaning out the carbs, readjusting the float, to name a few) but each time I get it back it hasn't changed a bit. It's going back again for the 4th time next week, and they're going to try the update from the 9-03 tech service bulletin, but I am not optimistic that they're going to get it right this time either. Maybe I'm expecting too much, but this can't be normal for a $7500 machine. I paid to extend the warranty for another 6 months because they still hadn't fixed it when the original warranty expired!
Does anyone have any ideas I can throw at the boys in the service department next week?
Does anyone have any ideas I can throw at the boys in the service department next week?
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Sportsman 700 problems
One of the problems I ran into was the grey foam between the seat and the gas tank. It would ride up and block the intake. I don't understand why only certain things would cause your machine to die. Maybe a fuel line is being pinched or the float level is set up wrong? The carb update could help. I did mine yesterday and found a 162.5 main jet, but the manual says 155. The new jets and stuff have made a difference on mine. Good luck and let us know what the problem was.
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