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Voltage Regulator fails
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Glad to see that it all worked out.
Thanks again "Trusted Source". My local tech says your his new hero, he was actually chasing the codes the way the book said to. How can I get my own digital wrench? How can I get Poo to care when I'm upset.....lol. Have a good one man. EW
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Just a shot in the dark....
Has anyone with VR problems checked their grounds, including the main chassis ground?
With Polaris' great attention to detail such as the tub sealant around the shocks, low WE nit. pressure, poor clutch alignment, hood fitment issues, airbox gaps, seals around the headlight and console, etc., etc., etc!!!!!
My guess is the grounds may be better on some sleds than others.
Worth a shot :beer;
Has anyone with VR problems checked their grounds, including the main chassis ground?
With Polaris' great attention to detail such as the tub sealant around the shocks, low WE nit. pressure, poor clutch alignment, hood fitment issues, airbox gaps, seals around the headlight and console, etc., etc., etc!!!!!
My guess is the grounds may be better on some sleds than others.
Worth a shot :beer;
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The plate that the ECU, VR, and coils are mounted on is not grounded to the chassis. At least that what I came up with using a ohmmeter. The components are grounded through the wiring harness or I guess you can say are negative polarity through the harness. Although the ECU is isolated so it would have to be grounded through the harness but if the coils and the VR are metal and bolted to the plate shouldn't the plate be grounded, especially the coils. Just a thought.
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My brothers Voltage Regulator went out on his 800 with only 15 miles on the sled. Of course it happened on the first of five days on our Colorado trip this past week. It was a good way to spoil his trip. The Stator also went out. We don't know if the stator and regulator failures are related but it sucked. Luckily are buddy blew up his 08 800 on the first day as well so we were able to steal the stator and voltage regulator off his sled to get my brother through the trip.
All in all, what a pain in the a#$. The sled is going to the dealer tomorrow to get looked over.
All in all, what a pain in the a#$. The sled is going to the dealer tomorrow to get looked over.
so is the voltage regulator what is causing my brothers 08 D8 to barely idle? the sled still runs, but you have to always be on the throttle just a bit to make it idle, maybe his v.r. is going bad slowly? any suggestions?
also i just got a 2010 D8, any suggestions on avoiding problems like this?
SS:beer;
also i just got a 2010 D8, any suggestions on avoiding problems like this?
SS:beer;
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Dragon Idle concern
skisucca, from what I understand if the VR fails it usually involves the headlight getting very bright and then in some cases the instrument lights go out, the ecu starts to smoke and smell, the engine quits and then in some cases will not restart or may and kill. The engines will also possibly melt down from this concern as found on this 4m. It sounds like you may have a bad or out of adjusted tps? I would take it to a dealer or some one who knows how to check the tps settings. There doesnt seem to be any permanent repairs for the VR yet but we are still hoping for a diy or maybe a polaris repair? Good Luck. If you have any drivability concerns with your 2010 or older D&7 or D8 the power commander 5 will help but it wont do anything for the VR & ECU melt down concerns.
skisucca, from what I understand if the VR fails it usually involves the headlight getting very bright and then in some cases the instrument lights go out, the ecu starts to smoke and smell, the engine quits and then in some cases will not restart or may and kill. The engines will also possibly melt down from this concern as found on this 4m. It sounds like you may have a bad or out of adjusted tps? I would take it to a dealer or some one who knows how to check the tps settings. There doesnt seem to be any permanent repairs for the VR yet but we are still hoping for a diy or maybe a polaris repair? Good Luck. If you have any drivability concerns with your 2010 or older D&7 or D8 the power commander 5 will help but it wont do anything for the VR & ECU melt down concerns.
This is a common problem and as I've mentioned earlier the problem is a domino effect problem, cause the culprit in most cases is the resistor who caves in and lets the hig peaks of current from the stator directly in to the V.R., this will cause the transistor in the V.R. to collapse and send the unprocessed current directly out to the machine and the ECU causing it to fry...
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when you say reisistor are you meaning the capacitor? where is the reisistor you speak of?
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my 08 d8 vr went out i unpluged a wire under the cover and it started and run all the way out when plug the wire back in it would die.09 d8 vr went out unpluged the same wires and nothing get the tow rope.
That's what mine was doing and it was the v.r. causing the erratic idle.
messed with the 08 d8 today and tightened the in-line throttle cable just a bit(by the bars), it idles just fine now, maybe we got lucky?
what do ya think?
what do ya think?
I tried to find it again last night, but maybe my memory is playing me a trick or two. It seems to me that the part I changed would have to be the Capacitor, but I can clearly remember taking it off and remove a small square peace (about 1" long and 1/2" thick) underneath the capacitor hooked up to a connector.
I'm sorry if I've mislead any of you
Got a call from my dealer today, Polaris says they will pay for the regulator and the ECU and I need to pay a $50 deductible and for labor. WTF is with the deductible?
No tricks by the dealer. Most of the time when Polaris is giving out of warranty goodwill assistance, they will request a deductable, usually $50.00.
I picked up mine today and paid a $50 ded.
Thanks guys, guess I don't need to take the Vaseline with me after all.
