....at 403 miles....I know the old Poo 800 was prone to piston skirt slap and failure but at 403 miles....I doubt, i'd be as composed as skiroulie.
It’s all a front. I’ve had suicidal tendencies since Friday. Yesterday I stuck my head down an ice fishing hole to try to drown myself but as luck would have it, just then I got a bite.
The cylinder tail broke and the crank forced it out of the case. When you take it apart that is what you will find.
I'm assuming we're looking at a long block here (good test of the 4 year warranty). Nothing would surprise me. This engine has exhibited some strange behavior almost since the day I got it, excessive smoke being one of them. Had trouble getting it started last fall – had so much accumulated oil in the engine it was hard to pull over. When it did start, it blew oil everywhere. Took it in and Polaris wouldn’t authorize an oil pump replacement under warranty (said I should monitor my oil consumption first). The mechanic did say: “it’s lucky it didn’t bend the crank when it started with that much liquid oil in a combustion chamber”. Well…….it blew so who knows……
Sad thing is, I had just finished getting it all tricked out for a western trip later this week: 2” track, gripper skis, sway bar removed and raised bars. Had planned to put the 10-60’s in the clutch today. Now I guess I’ll just put them on a gold chain and wear them like a set of shark teeth.
The Switch in happier days - actually not a bad looking lawn ornament:
