Possible ECM problems and recall
May 1, 2009 | 07:42 AM
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what im saying is your right, you dont have to worry about the EFI issues, but you do have the EMC(same as the power dis. mod) that can go wrong. face it, we all live in the new electronic age unfortuneitly and we cant escape all this elec. crap.
May 1, 2009 | 07:55 AM
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I too wanted the carbed machine as I wanted to be able to rope start it in case of an emergency, BUT!! this danged ECM would have had Me dead on the ice had this happened while I was on the lake with 20 to 30 miles between where I would have been stranded and the marina.NOT!! a good situation.
May 1, 2009 | 07:56 AM
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Your saying I have a EMC and a PDM ? I have the Polaris Service Manual PN # 9921315 which has all the info including wiring diagrams and no where does it say I have anything but a PDM chapter 10 page 10.5 and no where does it say anything about a EMC only a ECU on the EFI machines .
May 1, 2009 | 08:08 AM
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My brothers 02 330 ATP had an ECM go bad, so when that happens, you're dead in the water because pull starting won't even work then.
For the pull starting to work there has to be a good battery charge..... otherwise, no go, how stupid!
For the pull starting to work there has to be a good battery charge..... otherwise, no go, how stupid!
May 1, 2009 | 08:16 AM
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Your saying I have a EMC and a PDM ? I have the Polaris Service Manual PN # 9921315 which has all the info including wiring diagrams and no where does it say I have anything but a PDM chapter 10 page 10.5 and no where does it say anything about a EMC only a ECU on the EFI machines .
May 1, 2009 | 10:23 AM
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Well if that's so I guess time will tell but if my PDM goes south I'll be buying a new one and a spare to carry with me I can't have this quad leaving me in the bush I ride 95% alone .
May 1, 2009 | 11:32 PM
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Now then for an update:
I did`nt have the time to work on the electrics issue with the 400 so I took it to the dealer.
What they found:The ECM was full of water and it had corroded the terminals and who knows what other kind of damage the water had caused in there.
The guy working on the machine asked Me what I did to get water into the ECM.I told Him the only water that machine had seen was riding on Fort Peck lake on the ice after it had rained and snowed and no, the machine had never been submersed.I also told Him that if water had gotten into the ECM that it had better be a warranty item as there is no way that water or any other kind of moisture should have gotten into that box.
So now it is a time will tell situation.
FYI there has been three recalls on the ECMs and this is the third generation ECM,the big chromey looking one.
I did`nt have the time to work on the electrics issue with the 400 so I took it to the dealer.
What they found:The ECM was full of water and it had corroded the terminals and who knows what other kind of damage the water had caused in there.
The guy working on the machine asked Me what I did to get water into the ECM.I told Him the only water that machine had seen was riding on Fort Peck lake on the ice after it had rained and snowed and no, the machine had never been submersed.I also told Him that if water had gotten into the ECM that it had better be a warranty item as there is no way that water or any other kind of moisture should have gotten into that box.
So now it is a time will tell situation.
FYI there has been three recalls on the ECMs and this is the third generation ECM,the big chromey looking one.
I`ll be going back intothe dealer Monday and retrieve My bad module and take it apart to see where the moisture had gotten into it and then I`ll make sure the new one is sealed before it is installed and possibly prevent that from happening again.
May 2, 2009 | 07:11 AM
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When the mechanic noticed there was corrosion on the terminals He then took the box off of the machine and water came pouring out of the ECM when He turned it upside down.