Upper airbox vent=burndown

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Yellowsubmarine

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FYI, I added a XXX upper airbox vent, and 21 miles later I burned-down. My dealer is claiming it caused a lean condition on the PTO side, and wont honor the 2yr engine warranty because of the mod. Guess it was a bad idea.......

 

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Any pics of the piston wash or plug colors? Were you using good 91+ fuel? What was the temperature outside? Did you change any of the jets from stock?

I'm just trying to figure out what else could contribute to the burn down.

 

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sounds like you need another dealer

 

BossRev

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tudizzle said:

sounds like you need another dealer

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For Sure!

I have a 4inch flow rite in my upper box with zero issue.

 

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WTF?

You might need to yell a little louder at Greg! So sorry to hear that Dave

 

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Man....That sucks. I aint heard of that before. Cant believe yer' dealer wont overlook the vent....That really sucks. I did an SLP on mine. No issues so far but you gots me thinkin!!

 

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I'd be very shocked if that was the
cause. I have two holes
in my lower and
turboal does tons of abox mods with no probs. If you has stk jets you
would still be fat. Did it burn on a long hard pull
or in the mid?

 

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Venting the plenum shouldn't effect jetting or air/fuel mix. Venting to the airbox itself maybe. If it's before the plenum/airbox connection I would raise a stink with your dealer AND Doo.....they know better.
By law they MUST PROVE that your mod caused the failure.....I doubt they can. Check out Magnuson-Moss act.

 

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I call BS! Would they have rejected your claim if you'd installed the Ski Doo RS air intake kit? That would have had the same effect (e.g., upper airbox venting) and they don't recommend any changes to jetting or warnings about any lean condition with that one.

I had a warranty problem with a WA dealer last year myself. When I threatened to sue them in small claims court they finally gave me what I wanted/deserved.

 

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Good point re the rs vent

 

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Wapow said:

I call BS! Would they have rejected your claim if you'd installed the Ski Doo RS air intake kit? That would have had the same effect (e.g., upper airbox venting) and they don't recommend any changes to jetting or warnings about any lean condition with that one.

I had a warranty problem with a WA dealer last year myself. When I threatened to sue them in small claims court they finally gave me what I wanted/deserved.

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Good point !!!

 

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JFYI....a local dealer even installs the Timbersled intake on new sleds....with warranty, eliminates the plenum and airbox.

 

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what a bunch off bull, i also doubt that caused your issue, i have 2 -3" holes in upper air box and im jetted at 460 mains with no problems, so i call bullsh$t..need to yell louder or something

 

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tudizzle said:

sounds like you need another dealer

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BossRev said:

For Sure!

I have a 4inch flow rite in my upper box with zero issue.

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Agreed, shop for a new dealer. One who supports you. The warranty follows the vin # a different dealer can submit the warranty.

 

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find another dealer, and also you should post the dealer name and sevice manager, with their phone number, i will call and ***** for you

i have run with mods on my airboxes on all machines i had previous and would not accept anything less than warrenty, raise a stink MAN

 

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LOL.......my dealer installed the slp florite in the upper box. your dealer sounds like the local "big" dealer in this area that i avoid. Their service department is just shy of meeting oportunity workshop standards. bunch of window lickers

 

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What are the details on the burn down? Was it possibly water getting in? That upper area is super warm when not moving and melts snow very fast thus running down right into the air box.