Explain to me about clearing the Heat Exchanger please.

[tkuss]

I have a phazer and love it so far. The season is over and I have about 800 miles on it and the overheating light has come on about 3 or 4 times so far. The interesting part, to me anyway, is the light did not come on until about 500 miles. I would of thought the light would of come on when breaking the engine in. The light comes on when the engine is being pushed a bit harder than usual, like on straighter trails where I can pick up the speed a bit, then since I am to impatient to stop for 10 or 15 minutes I keep riding, at a bit slower speeds, and in a couple of minutes the light turns off. I have not had that many miles on the sled or the have the light go on that many times so far, but I have decided to think that my sled overheats when the trails are in good condition with alot of snow, and when the temps are colder, about 20 degrees or less. When it is warmer and the snow and ice does not build up in the suspension, the light has not come on so far, or when the trails are in terrible shape, snow wise, the light has not come on yet either. For these reasons I am thinking that the heat exchanger gets iced over like many have said on this site and in the recent snowtech magazine. To clear the heat exchanger how do you do it? Do you tip the sled on the side and clear the snow away in front of the track. If so are you safe to tip the sled over both ways. I have not even looked at the bottom of track yet so descriptions would be awesome. Also are the side snow panels worth it? And has anybody been able to confirm 100% that there are or will be updates for the phazer. I appreciate very much any opinions or information you can give me. Thank you.

 

[sniperviper]

Same happened on my fx. But I have only seen the high temprature warning when driving in tempratures above freeze. You need a fan! My dealer backed me up and installed one free of charge and I havent seen the light since then. Excellent service

 

[aksteepndeep]

Yep, get the fan

 

[STORM-CHASER]

I just got a new one and saw the light on 4 times I working on getting the fan.On tipping it over there is one side , not sure witch one, mayba someone can chine in on that.

 

[aksteepndeep]

I rolled mine up 3/4 of the way, not all the way over on it's side. I put on 500 miles on mine last week and it came on at least 10 times. Mostly powder riding, no trails.

 

[Phazed-Coug]

Roll it onto its right side.(if you need to)

 

[sniperviper]

Yes, tip it to the right side because if you tip it on left side you will fill up you air filter box with engine oil coming trough the crank shaft ventilation hose.

 

[30yearsleder]

Always tip it to the right side (oil tank side) when clearing the heat exchanger. I have 1500 miles on mine and when the light has come on the most is at higher sustained speeds when the temps are 20 deg and lower. The powder melts and starts freezing to the tube just below the heat exchanger and builds upward and blocks the new snow from hitting it. It seems to be much less of an issue when you get more miles on it and the light sensor is pretty sensitive anyway. I pretty much ignor it since it has never been hot enough to blow anti freeze out it just gets warm enough to filp the warning light on. The fan is probably the best route to go if you can get them to warrenty it.

 

[tkuss]

Thanks alot for all the info.