The other day My 1999 Indy 500 liquid cooled sled tossed the rider and rolled twice on a frozen plowed bean field. the hood and one side panel needs to be replaced. It started up and they rode it back to my garage. After sitting for a couple of days I was going to start working on replacing things on it and it won't start. I put new plugs in it has good spark. I shot some starting fluid directly into cylinder and nothing. then put a few dribbles of gas in cylinder still wont fire. does any one have any ideas???? This sled has always been easy to start even after sitting all summer. Thanks for the help.
Indy trail won't start after it was rolled???
- Thread starter awbrennan
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Check that the hose is still connected inside the gas tank. That doesn't explain why it won't start after using starting fluid though.
A couple weeks ago my son ran his 2002 XC Edge 60-70 miles on Friday and went out to start it on Saturday morning, it started and ran for about 30 seconds and then quit. We pulled and pulled, nothing. We had good spark. Dumped gas down the cylinder and it would fire up but then quit. Luckily I brought our third sled up north so he had something to ride the last day. Brought it home and into my garage, cleaned the carbs, nothing. Pulled the fuel pump, nothing. Was fishing in the gas tank to check fuel filter and nothing was coming up. Looked into tank with a flashlight and the fuel line was in about 50 pieces. Drained gas, pulled seat and gas tank, got it all cleaned up and bought the $27 hose from Polaris, got it all connected and it fired right up and my son said it ran awesome last week.
Hopefully yours will be something as simple as the fuel line. Although at the time when I didn't know what my issue was, I really didn't think my problem was going to be as simple as just a fuel line.
A couple weeks ago my son ran his 2002 XC Edge 60-70 miles on Friday and went out to start it on Saturday morning, it started and ran for about 30 seconds and then quit. We pulled and pulled, nothing. We had good spark. Dumped gas down the cylinder and it would fire up but then quit. Luckily I brought our third sled up north so he had something to ride the last day. Brought it home and into my garage, cleaned the carbs, nothing. Pulled the fuel pump, nothing. Was fishing in the gas tank to check fuel filter and nothing was coming up. Looked into tank with a flashlight and the fuel line was in about 50 pieces. Drained gas, pulled seat and gas tank, got it all cleaned up and bought the $27 hose from Polaris, got it all connected and it fired right up and my son said it ran awesome last week.
Hopefully yours will be something as simple as the fuel line. Although at the time when I didn't know what my issue was, I really didn't think my problem was going to be as simple as just a fuel line.
mezz
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I highly doubt the roll caused any physical harm to the motor itself. If you want to check compression it is a simple gauge that secures to the cylinder in place of your spark plug, pull it over, should be around 120, but more importantly, each cylinder should be equal whether it's 100/100 etc... your issue very well could be as simple as a vapor lock in the fuel line, or, as rp7x stated really flooded.-Mezz
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Why it would not at least spit/sputter when he put gas & starting fluid in cylinder? I am not sure you have good spark, just because you put new plugs in doesn't mean something electrical is wrong. Pull plug, connect wire, place plug next to bolt head on motor, pull & see if you have spark.