i have a 2004 sportsman 500 HO that now refuses to idle, i have turned the idle adjust all the way in but it still dies as soon as i let off of the throttle,anyone else had this problem?any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

 

ETC? Have you checked the play in the throttle? Should only be a little bit. If it is too much, the Etc will shut it off

 

thanks,ill check that

 

I had the same thing happen on my '04 sp 500 ho and if it is not the ETC I would look at the pilot jet. I took mine out and put it in a can of pop (coke) and sprayed it with carb cleaner and it cleaned it completly out and no problems since.

 

I agree with you polarisman3. It may very well be that also. It's amazing how the quality of as is now that a month or so of sitting and the gas gel up. Or maybe a piece of trash in it.

 

thanx for all the replies,the pilot jet was the problem. this bike sits for a couple months at a time, guess the fuel gelled up on me.thanks again for the help.up and running once again.

 

When I know my wheelers will sit for a while, I'll start them up with the petcock off. I rev it up a little bit to help burn up the gas. And it starts to sputter I flip the choke on and off to help evacuate the bowl. Easier than taking the carb off every two months.

 

Try fuel stabalizer. I put it into my gas cans before filling them so I never have to wonder if whats in my toys is stabalized or not. Have been doing this for years with quads, sleds, boat motors, lawn mowers, etc and never a problem with gas going bad. Cheap insurance in my opinion.