Hello all. Bought a used 96 trailblazer250 for my wife as a starter machine. I know very little about these machines. From what i've read the hard starting when hot problems are pretty typical. I am pretty mechanically inclined so i was wondering does anyone else (chilton hayes) make a service manuel other than polaris? Also what plugs have you guys had the best luck with in these machines? Thanks for any help. Shawn

 

yes chilton makes a manual for the 250. check compression.

 

I like the Clymer manuals they have decnt direction and good pics.
I would say once yoiu do a compression check you will need a topend

 

IF you are going to spend the $$ spend the extra and get a oem manual..i bought a clymer manaul for my 91 tb and it sucked!!!when i bought my sportsman i walked out with a polaris manual for 15.00 more than the clymer,...been there,done that,won't do it again!!!

 

Thanks for all the input. I appreciate it. I'm gonna check the compession tommarow night. I believe anything under 100 is no good from what i've read. I'll let you know what i find.

 

Did a compression test and ended up with 85lbs. Threw a fresh plug in it and it fired right up. This thing is very tempermental. It seemed to run great in the cooler weather but since its gotten warmer not so much. I'm gonna drain the oil and replace it just in case it got some water or moisture in it. Looks like its getting rings before to long.