mmwildman
Veteran
My sled has been flooding, mostly since the new updated float bowls were installed. Over the weekend, I finally removed the dealer installed bowls, to find out a couple o-rings were cut, the one's that go on the main jet. I replaced them, still flooding. Where and or how is the height of the new floats suppose to be set? My water to the carbs is off. Floods every stinking time I shut it off for 10 minutes. Fuel mileage is no better than the average 800 twins 2 strokes, in my group, so I think that's bad too.
Gene
Gene
RX1MN Flatlander
Newbie
03 RX1 Mountain had updated float bowls installed and gas milage improved, machine ran better, and no sputter when going vertical! Check the air screw settings, floats, and carb vent lines. My float were set same as the original setup!
Blue shadow
TY 4 Stroke Guru
Set the float bowl height at 12 mm on all 4 carbs.Put the carbs on a 45 degree angle and measure from the face side from were you remove the cover to the top of the float .
maverick
Extreme
Try turning your coolant valve back ON. My sled runs like crap if I turn the coolant to the carbs all the way off. Also, when installing the o-rings on the jets with the new floatbowls, put a little grease (any kind will do, as soon as you fill the bowl with gas it will disolve) on them so you don't tear them when installing the new bowl. And it is a good idea to check your float levels, mine were WAY OFF from the factory.
Max
Max
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Gene, this is just a thought but it might be what is wrong. First off a question for you.
Does it still act like it did at Cooke City? Does it clear up after sitting in a heated building (which had us thinking water in the fuel)?
I noticed on my sled the day after you guys left that mine started to do the same thing. I had to switch back and forth from heaters on... to heaters off and it ran great this way. I would leave the heaters off and as soon as the sled acted up turn them on for five minutes to melt ice crystals from the hummid air and then shut them off to keep the sled from being a PITA on startups. It's a PITA to do this because as the temps are cooler it happens more frequently but it did keep mine running great on Jan. 2nd.
Edit; also if you are looking at adjusting the floats check the jets for crap and check to make sure your needles all have c-clips on them if the sled is is acting up. I know these are different animals but my old Polaris 2-stroke tripple would act like it had a bad plug when it lost a C-clip off the jet needle.
Does it still act like it did at Cooke City? Does it clear up after sitting in a heated building (which had us thinking water in the fuel)?
I noticed on my sled the day after you guys left that mine started to do the same thing. I had to switch back and forth from heaters on... to heaters off and it ran great this way. I would leave the heaters off and as soon as the sled acted up turn them on for five minutes to melt ice crystals from the hummid air and then shut them off to keep the sled from being a PITA on startups. It's a PITA to do this because as the temps are cooler it happens more frequently but it did keep mine running great on Jan. 2nd.
Edit; also if you are looking at adjusting the floats check the jets for crap and check to make sure your needles all have c-clips on them if the sled is is acting up. I know these are different animals but my old Polaris 2-stroke tripple would act like it had a bad plug when it lost a C-clip off the jet needle.
