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Old 10-26-2009, 09:56 PM
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Question 1997 Sportsman 500

I cant seem to get my quad to fire up. It has fuel and spark but it looks weak. What tests should a guy do or does something just need to be cleaned.

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Old 10-27-2009, 05:00 AM
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did you try changing the plug? is it fouled,wet,dry? is the air filter plugged? just start w/ the basic checks first and go from there.
 
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Old 10-27-2009, 11:15 AM
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Behind the recoil is a pulse coil,make sure its face is clean ,its magnetic and picks up lots of crud after awhile. A good sign of it needing to be gaped or cleaned is the ATV will not start with electric start yet starts up with the pull start.
 
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Old 10-27-2009, 01:02 PM
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Ya ill check that stuff out. If there is anything else i should be looking at let me know. Ill let you know what i find.

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Old 10-27-2009, 06:53 PM
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what should the gap be on the pulse coil?
 
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Old 10-27-2009, 09:55 PM
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plug is good, air filter is good, but the spark looks weak. I cleaned the pulse coil and the flywheel but its still having a hard time starting. The plug is coming out damp. Maybe its a carburator issue?? Kinda at a stand still at the moment. Any help or suggestons would be great.

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Old 10-28-2009, 08:17 PM
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Anyone?
 
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Old 10-28-2009, 11:00 PM
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Never mind it ended up being the spark plug wire was half bad. Put the one off the other quad and runs great. I guess thats why the spark looked so week.
 
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oh. good to know you figured that one out. enjoy your quad

 
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Old 10-29-2009, 04:25 AM
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a cracked or bad wire/cap will do that for sure and will act up when it gtes wet as well. good find and fix.
 


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