How many 700 owners have an overheating problem and are there any solutions?

 

make sure that the rad. is 100% clean straight thru front to back. make sure their is no air in the system if you addd some coolant. how fast does it overheat.

 

Usually it takes a long ride on a hot day for it to happen but saturday it happened after only 6 miles into the ride with no mud and it was early in the morning and cool. After we bagan to run through a lot of water it was fine. But on the way back it happened again on that same dry stretch of trail

 

Is the fan kicking On, if it is Hot the fan will run all the time even when off and the key at the on position?

 

yes the fan should be running as long as the key is in the on pos. and bike doesnt have to be running. does it actually overheat as in the coolant blows out the overflow tank or is the light just coming on? if the fan isnt running then most likely thats the issue, either bad sensor or fan. if you unplug the wires from sensor the fan should kick right on even when its not hot. a good way to check it.

 

The fan works fine, it flashes HOT on the screen.I have some damaged fins on the radiator but it didn't seem to affect it at first .That was about two years ago when I first damaged it.just recently it heated.guess i will flush it and make sure it is clean.

 

Yes bowhunter there is a fix.I'm headed out the door for work il post when i get home tonight.I've been fighting my sp700 overheating for ever...

 

My 500 Magnum does the same thing--going down the trail its ok but when I start going slow and doing technical stuff the light will come on and if I shut it off and leave key on the fan will run--this happens every time I ride but I noticed that NO AF boils into the bottle---I think Polaris has the temp sensor from the factory a bit to low, they intentionally kick on fan early to protect the motor and a unfortunate side effect is the light coming on early because if it were really overheating it would be boiling AF to the bottle and onto the ground. At the same time I wouldn't ignore it, once you know your cooling system is functioning correctly, just keep a eye on it and live with it OR get rid of the idiot light and install a real temp gauge with degrees on it.

 

Thats why I like gauges instead of lights.

 

Bow, by your pics I would take the radiator out of the machine & clean it good. You will be surprised by all the mud caked in between the fins.