Polaris shift
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I do the same. I never even looked in the belly pan to see if it melted a hole. I've never heard of that even happening from idling. My buddy has a 900 Fusion with an aftermarket exhause and he put a nice hole in his belly pan.
Wow, I'm 5 miles up the trail by then. Never had a problem.
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Mine would load up and die long before I could clock 10 minutes of idle time.
Unfortunately, that is what happens if you let the sled run/idle too long setting in snow and there isn't enough of an open area for the exhaust to exit.
Had the same thing happen on my '10 Shift, would let it idle until the temp gauge showed like 70-80 before taking off.
My dealer nor Polaris wouldn't warranty it.
Holy Cow,
I just looked at my 09 that I purchased last year, I have just under 1k and have a hole as well, I have a warranty until this Feb, I was also told to watch my temp guage and make sure it gets up to 70-80 degrees. Something about cold scoring of the jugs when you take off with out letting them warm up, I will be pissed it they don't fix mine. This is an issue if lots of people have the same issue, I also have a 03 XCSP that I let warm up without any issues, so whats changed. If they won't honor a warranty, thats fine I just won't give them any more of my money.
I just looked at my 09 that I purchased last year, I have just under 1k and have a hole as well, I have a warranty until this Feb, I was also told to watch my temp guage and make sure it gets up to 70-80 degrees. Something about cold scoring of the jugs when you take off with out letting them warm up, I will be pissed it they don't fix mine. This is an issue if lots of people have the same issue, I also have a 03 XCSP that I let warm up without any issues, so whats changed. If they won't honor a warranty, thats fine I just won't give them any more of my money.
I'd be really surprised if you guys can get it covered under warranty, great if you can.
I never experienced a problem with my other Polaris sleds-Indy, Edge chassis, or my '08 Shift.
On the '08 Shift, it didn't have a temp gauge, so I probably rode off before the exhaust temp got hot enough to do any damage, but on the '10 I religiously waited until the temp gauge showed 70-80 degrees, and it may have happened when setting off-trail idling with no place for the hot exhaust to go if the snow surrounded the outlet.
I never experienced a problem with my other Polaris sleds-Indy, Edge chassis, or my '08 Shift.
On the '08 Shift, it didn't have a temp gauge, so I probably rode off before the exhaust temp got hot enough to do any damage, but on the '10 I religiously waited until the temp gauge showed 70-80 degrees, and it may have happened when setting off-trail idling with no place for the hot exhaust to go if the snow surrounded the outlet.
That's crazy. I let mine go above 100 most of the time. I wonder if mine has a hole in it.
ok so I asked a couple of my polaris riding buddies and they have also heard of this problem. To all please check your sleds, and if we all have the same problem then I can say this is not an isolated case, here is the proof and fix it or I'll walk away pissed, lol. Ok I would like to know if others are have the same problem.
If you can't get it taken care of under warranty, just looking at an online parts source, all new parts to replace that plastic section (fender as its called) is around $180, not including labor), I'd look at fabricating a heat shield for that area-maybe one on the inside and one on the bottom to cover the hole.
Even if you would replace the parts, what is going to keep it from happening again?
Even if you would replace the parts, what is going to keep it from happening again?
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Geez, I had an 07 IQ LX CFI and I would warm it up, but I would ALWAYS watch the temp gauge and never leave it unattended.
You gotta be pretty impatient to do that. Stand around for a few minutes and smell some of that fragrant 2-stroke exhaust for gosh sakes. WTH?
You gotta be pretty impatient to do that. Stand around for a few minutes and smell some of that fragrant 2-stroke exhaust for gosh sakes. WTH?
I agree probably just happen again if replaced without poo engineering recall. Fab a nice heat shield yourself to cover hole & you have the cure. Maybe Poo could do this but who needs the corporate fight & headache?