My 2005 Arctic Cat Firecat 700 EFI sat for almost two years whil I was away for work. I Sta-Bilized the gas before I put it away. Today I fionally got the time to fire it up and give it a once over. It did fire, but ran really rough and wouldn't idle. I added a couple gallons of fresh 87 octane I had, but it still won;t idle, and it bogs down when I first crack the throttle. Then I added about 6 gallons of fresh 93 octane, but its about the same. I also changed the plugs. Does anyone have any ideas what's going on? Thanks!
2005 Arctic Cat stored too long. Won't Idle...
- Thread starter Swanny
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Can you keep the sled running? If so, take all the gas out and put in your car or truck. Get a fresh two gallons or so and put that with a heavy solution of Seafoam back in the tank. Get it to run for awhile (15 min) then let sit about the same. Repeat. The Seafoam will help loosen the crud on the dirty injectors, if that is the problem.
How much stabil did you use?? More is not better here. I put too much in my mowers one year and too my surprise, when I removed the bowls, the fuel was jellied. To verify it was the stabil, I put the "jelly" in a gallon of gas and it dissolved.
Also check to make sure it's not the TPS causing the problem.
How much stabil did you use?? More is not better here. I put too much in my mowers one year and too my surprise, when I removed the bowls, the fuel was jellied. To verify it was the stabil, I put the "jelly" in a gallon of gas and it dissolved.
Also check to make sure it's not the TPS causing the problem.
trailshredder
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"Sea Foam" good stuff but do the job right and clean properly. Sea Foam is not a "mechanic in a can". I wish every time I had an engine issue all I would have to do is dump a can of instant fix in the gas!! LOL Too much!!! haha
indy_500
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Indy's snowthrower ran crappy, it ran better on half choke. Indy put sea foam in tank. Indy fixed it.
Yep x2
motor_slut
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You probably had Phase separation.
Try pushing the bleed valve on the fuel rail to drain the rail and siphon the tank dry. Replace with good gas and give it a short drive at low speeds. A little SeaFoam will clean out any residue and dry up any remaining moisture in the tank.
Try pushing the bleed valve on the fuel rail to drain the rail and siphon the tank dry. Replace with good gas and give it a short drive at low speeds. A little SeaFoam will clean out any residue and dry up any remaining moisture in the tank.
trailshredder
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Indy's snowthrower ran crappy, it ran better on half choke. Indy put sea foam in tank. Indy fixed it.
And if you scuff a piston just throw a little JB weld in the tank. LOL
indy_500
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No i'll completly tear her apart and reline the cylinder with jb weld. I'll make sure to hone her down with a file before and after.
trailshredder
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indy_500
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Atta boy
Indy knows his stuff. I'll be back on later, I gotta go find some cardboard to make some head gaskets.
700classic
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Cereal boxes work the best.
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trailshredder
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trailshredder
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Make sure it's Krylon paint....the cheep stuff doesn't work.
700classic
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That's right! Just make you don't use the part of the box that has the form to fill out and send in for your FREE Decoder ring!!