03 REV 800 wont start

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czach

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I rode the sled on Saturday for about 2 hrs and the Carbs were freshly cleaned and tuned. Now it wont start at all, the plugs are wet, but seem to be more oil wet than anything. are their fuel filters inline on the gas line anywere that maybe clogged? i couldn't find any but need some guidance on what to check next.

and yes there is gas in the gas tank. haha.

 

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spark is the first thing a person checks for. no spark= no firing. if the plugs are wet, it should atleast try if it has spark

 

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czach

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spark is there, that is the weird thing, also the inside of my air box is pretty wet, I am not sure that is sposed to be that wet or wet at all. Plugs are good.

compression is good also.

Could my rave's be stuck open? I am going to check those when I get home. I put new gaskets in this past weekend, due to they were leaking.

 

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check your fuel pump theres a spring that like to build up with ice if there any ice in there it wont start. By now you probably have a bunch of gas in the crank case. Thats why you have wet plugs,flooding out.

 

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smart thinkin. is it stored inside? did you try just pulling it over a bunch with the plugs out to see if there is an abunance of gas? and what do the plugs look like when you put new ones it are they wet with gas smell or just a nasty sludge black?

 

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• Mar 10, 2010

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if no drain plug in bottom of crank case take one plug off and tip it to it side and start pulling that gas should come out and repeat to the other side.

 

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dpm could be an issue. Mine started using twice the gas and am trying to figure out why.

 

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czach

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How can I see if it is the DPM?

 

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sometimes the electronic switch(key) is not seated on properly pull it off an secure it back on then see if that help
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Yea pull the plugs and pull on the rope and see how much fuel squirts out of the holes.

If it is loaded up your floats might be messed up over filling float bowls.

Be carfull we had that happen on an old Phazer, pulled hard and the fuel shot to the ceiling and arced off the light buld above and the flame dripped down and caught the sled on fire,

Not that that would happen on a rev but the plug wire could ignight it..

 

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NITROSKIDUDE said:

Yea pull the plugs and pull on the rope and see how much fuel squirts out of the holes.

If it is loaded up your floats might be messed up over filling float bowls.

Be carfull we had that happen on an old Phazer, pulled hard and the fuel shot to the ceiling and arced off the light buld above and the flame dripped down and caught the sled on fire,

Not that that would happen on a rev but the plug wire could ignight it..

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I hate to laugh at your misfortune, but that's some grizwald luck right there. That's just a nasty comedy of errors

 

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Did you check the reeds?

 

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almost a 2 year old thread...