Electrical System Issue

[tpayner19]

Ok, as usual for the new seasonof my '06 Apex RTX, did my usual oil change with filter and plug change. Realized my battery wasw totally dead and not taking a charge.

I picked up a new battery, however, it's is not a Yuasa battery, it's a bike battery that says it replaces the YTX14-BS (or whatever the stock battery is). Dealer said it would probably need to be charged for an hour which I thought was odd as it is a new battery, but I said ok.

Got everything changed out, oil and filter, and started getting everything back to gether. I fired it up and it sounded great. I noticed the display had a slight flicker to it as did the tail light. I shut it down and turned the key to the on position with out starting. Got a good, solid, strong light on the display. But when I fired it up I got the flicker again.

I dismissed it as I was tired. I went to work the next day and came back to a battery with very little charge left. It was unable to start the sled it was so low.

Could the battery be the issue or do I have a systemic issue? Plan on returning the battery and picking up a Yuasa. Disassembeled everyhting again and did not find any loose connections.

Little help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Todd

 

[blue er]

sounds like the rectifier bridge in the voltage regulator is shorted out, and draining the battery and letting some a/c voltage into the system

 

[tpayner19]

Thanks Blue ER. Apparently I must have made sound pretty knowledgable on accident (I'm not) but I do not know which part the crossover and where is the regulator located? Thanks.

Todd

 

[tpayner19]

So I found the regulator in the front of the sled. I disconnected it and took it out. Inside the light gray connector I found engine oil. HOW IN THE F*&^ DID THAT GET THERE?????? Was able to clean out the the regulator male side, but I need to figure our how to clean the oil out of the femail end. Any ideas?

 

[APEX 06]

Contact cleaner shold work.