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-30c starting issue (Code 43)

Joe ltx-le said:
During my trip up north I experienced a code 43 and no engine start on the last morning ( -26c).

immediately I went back to my apex days and thought about frozen relays. These sleds have a integrated relay / fuse boxes.

After removing the hood and finding the fuse box. its right in the nose. I checked the fuse ( all good) so I assumed one of the relays in the box was for the fuel pump.

I did not have access to any power for a heat gun or hair dryer. SO the only thing I could do was cup my hand around the fuse box and blow hot air through it. Quickly put the hood back on and turned the key. Fired right up. As one of my sledin budys said " finally you used your hot air for something useful" (as*hole).

Hopefully this wont become a common thing but at least we have a fix.
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Looks like they may have to go to a solid state relay.. you think they would have learned.
 

Happened to me last year. I had to winch my sled into my pick up.
I tried not to leave too many witnesses behind. Embarrassing!
 
I think this should be a known subject. When I got the code I searched it up and really never found anything.
 
This happened many times last year. I had to pull them out and warm them up in hand. Put them back in and it started right up.
 
I posted about this last winter on a -35c morning in Cochrane. My sled fired right up so I let it warm up and shut it down while the 2 strokes tried getting their sleds running. Once they had theirs running I tried to fire mine and no go. Condensation in the relay I assumed. I found them like joe said and brought them in to warm up and reinstalled and she fired right up. So on those cold mornings once you start it don't shut her down.
 
Great input. Does anyone have the diagram to find which one is the fuel pump relay?
 
ROCKERDAN said:
Ok great FYI as it may be a cold winter finally...

But guys, come on.. A pic is worth a thousand words in this case, post it please, circle the relay so we all know which one to take into the hotel!

Great work here
Dan
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If I remember correctly they are all the same relays, I just brought them all in lol
 
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