Sportsman 500
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Sportsman 500
I have a '99 sportsman 500 that will only idle with the choke on full. It has a carb kit put in around the start of winter. Anyone have any ideas what to check or what kind of adjustments may be needed? It runs good otherwise but I have to put it on full choke if I need to have it idle.
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Sounds like you may have some trash in the pilot jet if idling is a problem and choke is needed or could be because of a cam starting to wear as your model was in the problem years on cams. Just pop the valve cover,check the valve clearance(.006 intake and exhaust) plus make sure the cam exhaust lobe isn't showing signs of wear.
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would the choke effect it at all? I notice there's room for adjustment on the choke cable at least on my older polaris or does that just effect when the choke is actually turned on? I messed with the adjustment on my old one, it had alot of play in the choke switch, tightened it up, just curious if that effects idle or just when you have the choke on.
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You need to have a little slack in the choke lever or pull **** depending on the model. 1/8" slack or so is ok. This is just to make sure the choke plunger bottoms out in the carb opening and will only affect fuel mixture when you open it.If you take up all the slack in the choke cable,you could actually be letting a little more fuel in causing it to run rich.
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