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Old 09-05-2016, 12:01 PM
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Hey Everybody, I'm new to the atv world even thou I've owned my atv for about a year now. I have a 95' Polaris Magnum 425 4x4. The only time I took it out was last winter after we had a snow storm here and I didn't have any issues. I've changed the oil and battery since then but nothing else. I wanted to take it out this labor day weekend and low and behold I'm having a problem. I had to pull start her because the battery didn't have enough juice to use the electric start. She started up fine and seemed to be running good but when I took her down the rode she didn't have any power when I hit the throttle. I checked my spark plug and it actually looked pretty good the gap was a little off so I fixed that with no change in the power problem. If you guys or gals have any suggestions please let me know.
 
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Old 09-05-2016, 12:28 PM
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Start out by changing the plug if you haven't already plus drain the old gas.Simple things like that,the air filter,etc are what a lot of people over look. Plus if it's been sitting up over a year ethanol may have gummed up the carb.If that involves taking the carb off install a good carb kit don't just try to clean one. Polaris Magnum 425 1995 1996 1997 1998 New Carburetor Carb Rebuild Kit R516 | eBay
 
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Old 09-06-2016, 01:52 PM
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welcome to the Polaris forum. lots of good people and wisdom here.
 
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