08 and 09 Dragon 8 owners news.

towngrunt · Apr 9, 2009

Has anyone heard what the news is that is coming out to all current owners of Dragon 8's? Have heard from several sources that we will be receiving some kind of news in the next couple weeks. Sorry for repeat of question, I accidently posted this in another thread.

EricW · Apr 9, 2009

Ya I heard..........Guess there's some kind of problem with the pistons or something??????

Sorry, I had to. EW

PalousePoo · Apr 9, 2009

Heard from a dealer (owner) they had a meeting w/ polaris where prob was admitted and a recall will be out for all 800 cfi's, new top ends, but not what we've been getting.

R J · Apr 9, 2009

I suppose they need to get it right since they dropped the best motor Polaris ever has had (700) and now everyone will have to choose the 600 or 800 in 2010. Should have just kept the 700 and kept increasing it instead of going down the 800 road again. (Thought they would have learned with the 800's of yesteryear.)

Hope for you guys that have the 8's get them all dialed in. I know I would be tapping my feet waiting for something if I was in that boat.

thefullmonte · Apr 10, 2009

EricW said:
Ya I heard..........Guess there's some kind of problem with the pistons or something??????

Sorry, I had to. EW

:beer;

elkhunter · Apr 10, 2009

We were ridding with a guy with a guy with a d8 and it siezed and when he took it to the dealer in Spokane they tried to tell him it was cold siezed.

AndrettiDog · Apr 10, 2009

Should have just kept the 700 and kept increasing it instead of going down the 800 road again.

I agree the 700 CFI is the best motor Po has built (I had one). But I seem to remember when everyone biotched that Polaris didn't have an 800. Giving up on it is not how you stay successful in an industry that begs for horsepower. If they make the fix and the motors become reliable, then Polaris will have a stout 800 IMO. I have one and I love it. I'm just nervous. The problem seems to be electrical for the most part. Easier to fix than scraping the motor and starting over.

skibreeze · Apr 10, 2009

BugIto said:
I agree the 700 CFI is the best motor Po has built (I had one). But I seem to remember when everyone biotched that Polaris didn't have an 800. Giving up on it is not how you stay successful in an industry that begs for horsepower. If they make the fix and the motors become reliable, then Polaris will have a stout 800 IMO. I have one and I love it. I'm just nervous. The problem seems to be electrical for the most part. Easier to fix than scraping the motor and starting over.

I agree with the electrical issues, as I have had them. There is another problem that I have found in the last few weeks and have verified. The fuel pickups have a small "bleeder" hole in the check valve that prevent them from completely closing when they are above the fuel level. I have tested 2 different fuel pump assemblies and they start aerating the fuel after 9-10 seconds once completely above fuel level. This has also been verified with a wideband while climbing. The aerated fuel leans out the motor enough to score the pistons if the pull is long enough. I want to know why the bleeder hole needs to be in both pickups. I think that if that hole was eliminated in the front pickup, this reason for burndowns could be eliminated.

To add, the 9-10 seconds is in free flow mode. Obviously with the injectors in a closed loop and depending on fuel flow, the times to aeration are going to vary.

Mag · Apr 10, 2009

They put mine back together again and this time found that my exhaust temp sensor constantly reads 300.

Spaarky · Apr 10, 2009

I was told today that the fix just arrived at the EPA and that it will take 3 months to get it through there...

I dont know exactly what that means....

Flit-e · Apr 11, 2009

testing at the EPA takes 45 days, then if passed will be available in 30 i think

hilinerider · Apr 11, 2009

Flit-e said:
testing at the EPA takes 45 days, then if passed will be available in 30 i think

so we might be able to ride by next december????????????????????????????

crix · Apr 11, 2009

hilinerider said:
so we might be able to ride by next december????????????????????????????

Yup, only if you trade to another brand though!!! Otherwise you better have a good friend with a rope like I do

hilinerider · Apr 11, 2009

mine is still runnin and in good shape, (as long as i ride at elev. above 5k and cold temps) from what i have found, 1500 miles so far

trikerider · Apr 12, 2009

My 09 D8 has 1020 miles on it, all this talk has me so paranoid that I mixed oil with my gas for the last 500 miles (I don’t know if it would make any difference). I also kept my 03 Escape as a back up. I haven’t had a single problem except for the ice on the driver’s thing but I found that if I tip it on its side and spin the track clears it immediately.

skibreeze · Apr 12, 2009

I rode today with the new fuel pump and pickup assembly, it is no different than the old one, which is exactly as I had expected. Once again, after getting down to a @1/2 tank, it would start going lean on long steep climbs. Having the wideband O2 has been an eye opening experience. You can hit a long hill and all of a sudden it willgo from 12.5 to 15, 16, 17 to 1 and keep going higher. I tried to let off and turn out ASAP when this happened. This is absolutely positively one of the reasons for sleds going down. I have seen this over and over on the last 3 days of riding with the wideband hooked up.

hilinerider · Apr 12, 2009

on your wideband can you save your info and turn it into your dealer ??

skibreeze · Apr 12, 2009

hilinerider said:
on your wideband can you save your info and turn it into your dealer ??

No, but he is totally aware of it.

hilinerider · Apr 12, 2009

if the brainiacs at the factory were smart they would hook a sled up to as many sensors as thgey could to find these issues along with others, no they let us do it

but if they get it right know for those of us that spent the coin it will go a long way for there client base, one happy customer tells 5 one angry customer tells 15:light:

rmk727 · Apr 13, 2009

Don't you think from the get go they have been trying everything to find and fix it all along. I understand that the management team in Medina absolutly suchs but the folks in Roseau are top of the line. We had an issue with an09 600 rmk , poor performance and they had us on the phone with Spirit Lake where they were working on one and with Roseau where they had one too and after serveral of these calls and assighning different tasks the problem was solved and from it a service bullitin sent out, This fuel pick up is very interesting and of course would never show up on a dyno where they use the dyno's fuel sorce. Remember no failures from guys using pc3's or the turbo ones so the EPA is instumental in this factory fix

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