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I took my atv in and the dealership replaced the stator and rectifier due to starting problems. they also replaced seal and gasket on oil pressure pump. My digital dash worked fine, when I got it back my gas gauge does not even show up anymore. I wiggled a couple of wires and got it to flicker off and on briefly, now I can't even do that! Took it back and they said they could find no loose wires or connections and it did not get fixed. Can someone tell me what they think may be wrong? Wires and fuses have been checked as well1

Hey everyone! First off, I am really enjoying the new 2018 Polaris Sportsman XP 1000 L.E.. I do have a question. Has anyone seen there engine light flash on the cluster when you have applied gas while holding the HAND brake? I noticed going down a hill twice now mine flashes if I have the brake applied and give it gas. Took it to dealer and they said they saw the code that it kicked. They stated, this is normal and Polaris has designed this so that when you were giving it a lot of gas while holding brake, it would put it into limp mode, keeping you from burning up a belt. Just curious if anyone else has seen this on there 2017 or 2018 XP 1000. Thanks...

any electrical experts in here? So I have a 2001 sportsman 400 that I bought as a fixer upper. Original owner said it wouldn't charge the battery. I found the battery cables loose and 2 broken wires up front. Fixed both wires, 1 was for the high beam and i think the other was the red wire from the regulator. I know power goes from the stator to the voltage regulator, the 3 legs of the regulator i have .2 ohms on each leg, have 15 15 and about 27 V AC coming in on each leg, going out on the red and brown I have about 9.5V at idle and it goes up to about 13.5 revving it up. Originally I thought it was much lower so I bought a new aftermarket regulator and tried it tonight and it was lower output dc voltage than my original. Once I hook up the red and brown to the machines wires it immediately drops to 4.5 V. So I believe something after the regulator is pulling the voltage down but I don't know what is after the regulator. At the battery cables I have the same 4.5 V with the battery removed. I have a brand new battery but haven't put it in yet until I have it fixed. I believe even with the battery out of it, I have 12V out of the regulator alone, when I plug it in I should have 12V at the battery cables but I don't, I have about 4.5V with it plugged in..

any help would be greatly appreciated.

any electrical experts in here? So I have a 2001 sportsman 400 that I bought as a fixer upper. Original owner said it wouldn't charge the battery. I found the battery cables loose and 2 broken wires up front. Fixed both wires, 1 was for the high beam and i think the other was the red wire from the regulator. I know power goes from the stator to the voltage regulator, the 3 legs of the regulator i have .2 ohms on each leg, have 15 15 and about 27 V AC coming in on each leg, going out on the red and brown I have about 9.5V at idle and it goes up to about 13.5 revving it up. Originally I thought it was much lower so I bought a new aftermarket regulator and tried it tonight and it was lower output dc voltage than my original. Once I hook up the red and brown to the machines wires it immediately drops to 4.5 V. So I believe something after the regulator is pulling the voltage down but I don't know what is after the regulator. At the battery cables I have the same 4.5 V with the battery removed. I have a brand new battery but haven't put it in yet until I have it fixed. I believe even with the battery out of it, I have 12V out of the regulator alone, when I plug it in I should have 12V at the battery cables but I don't, I have about 4.5V with it plugged in..

any help would be greatly appreciated.

hello everyone. I bought a 2001 sportsman 400 as a fixer upper. I have made a few repairs, gotten it running, all around seems pretty solid, just trying to work out a kink or two..

First for some information, I replaced all the fluids, greased everything, new belt and clutch spring, new spark plug, fixed a few broken wires, etc. So the machine started right up and runs good on flat ground, once n awhile it has a small hesitation but comes out of it pretty quickly. I was doing some testing and I was climbing a steep hill slowly, from idle to about half throttle everything seems fine, over half throttle it falls flat on its face/has no power and almost sounds like hitting the rev limiter but its not, almost like its not getting fuel or getting too much, can't really tell. It only does it when the front end of the machine is raised up. I took the carb apart and it was very clean, I was thinking maybe the main jet was dirty but it wasn't. Just for testing I went from a 167.5 to a 175 jet to see if that would change anything, it hasn't made any difference except maybe gotten worse. I had the dealership look at the float height and they said it looked perfect. The spark plug was white originally with the 167.5 and still the same after switching to the 175. While it is stumbling I have tried putting in on reserve, opening the fuel cap, pulling the choke, none of it makes a difference. I know fuel delivery to the carb is very good. I can go up the same hill in reverse and it works perfectly fine. Any ideas what could be causing this? attached is a picture of the spark plug.

thanks and any help would be greatly appreciated.

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hello everyone. I bought a 2001 sportsman 400 as a fixer upper. I have made a few repairs, gotten it running, all around seems pretty solid, just trying to work out a kink or two..

First for some information, I replaced all the fluids, greased everything, new belt and clutch spring, new spark plug, fixed a few broken wires, etc. So the machine started right up and runs good on flat ground, once n awhile it has a small hesitation but comes out of it pretty quickly. I was doing some testing and I was climbing a steep hill slowly, from idle to about half throttle everything seems fine, over half throttle it falls flat on its face/has no power and almost sounds like hitting the rev limiter but its not, almost like its not getting fuel or getting too much, can't really tell. It only does it when the front end of the machine is raised up. I took the carb apart and it was very clean, I was thinking maybe the main jet was dirty but it wasn't. Just for testing I went from a 167.5 to a 175 jet to see if that would change anything, it hasn't made any difference except maybe gotten worse. I had the dealership look at the float height and they said it looked perfect. The spark plug was white originally with the 167.5 and still the same after switching to the 175. While it is stumbling I have tried putting in on reserve, opening the fuel cap, pulling the choke, none of it makes a difference. I know fuel delivery to the carb is very good. I can go up the same hill in reverse and it works perfectly fine. Any ideas what could be causing this? attached is a picture of the spark plug.

thanks and any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Greetings from Ohio..... Just bought my first Polaris, a 2016 Sportsman 1000xp Highlifter. I hope to learn more about Polaris and i'm sure any questions I may have will be answered. Any recommendations would be appreciated.

This is simply just wonderful...