I was wondering how other KQ owners in colder climates or temps,how your KQ was starting in the cold?I have to turn mine over for what seems to be too long,and then it will fire up and idle perfectly.I have owned two Grizzlies,a 98 and a 03 and they started at the touch of a button no matter how cold it was!This Suzuki that I have starts, but not like a Yamaha!!I thought a carbed machine wouldn't start as good as a Fuel Injected machine?I'm talking about -0 temps not just a little chilly!At least below freezing 32 degrees or colder.

 

Mine is stored outside, it also took a few extra cranks to start it in 6 deg weather, but thats expected.Boy it made some ugly knocking sounds.I think it was 6-8 turnovers.

 

Mine will crank over for a few seconds,which IS NORMAL in the extreme cold,but it fires right up and rides perfectly.I switched over to fully synthetic 5w-30 oil for the winter months,it helps too.

 

I have 0-40 Amsoil synthetic in mine,which you would think would help,but it still starts after alot of cranking!

 

I also have 0w-40 synthetic which probably helps. Started mine yesterday and was below 0 F and it took a couple of cranks but ideled nicely. Seems to help to touch the gas just a little bit when cranking.
One thing I did notice is that it helps to let the machine warm a fair bit before driving otherwise when you engage the transmission it makes a little grind and moves an inch or two back or forwards depending on what you select. This is prbably not the best for the tranny. Otherwise the machine is excellent in cold weather.

 

**The owners manual says to use 1/8th throttle if the engine is hard to start,I have never heard of this with an EFI**

Usually,you dont touch the throttle of an EFI system when starting it.

 

That's interesting!Kinda scared to touch the throttle on a FI quad?I don't want to flood it?

 

Change your Oil.
Its probably too thick.

I live in Alaska and we get WAY cold up here.

Just put some lighter weight oil in there, put some heet in the gas so you dont get water build up and it should be fine.

But it is normal for it to take a few times to crank up.

 

Should know better than buy something the first year it comes out. I'll give them a year or two to get those bugs out. They should have a great atv after those little bugs get taken care of.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

 

BUGs?

What bugs are you refering too?I dont call a hard starting problem a bug,I call it a warrenty issue that should be brought back to the dealership for the correct repair.

When you buy a brand new car thats been on the market for years and have to bring it back to the dealership for some warrenty work,do you call them bugs too?