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Cold Weather - Runnability Issues

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150+ or nothin

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My holdover 16 rmk has the following issues when it is cold:

-Multiple pulls to start. Gets worse after riding on warm restart (7-10 hard pulls)
-Backfire on restart
-Bogging mid rpm when on/off throttle (bad enough to go over the bars)

It seems to clear up at -10F and above. Dealer says TPS is on and is trying to bill me $142 of labor to check it. Since it doesn't do it when warmer than -10F they can't replicate the problem. Polaris is blaming fuel but all sleds in the group filled at the same high volume station selling 91 non-eth and nobody else has issues. Dealer says they will void warranty if I set TPS by myself.

What else can I check and how would everybody handle this?
 

Butta

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Find a different dealer! Sled's not running right and they don't fix it but want to charge you money for it...they wouldn't get a penny from me again.
 
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Jaynelson

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That mid range cut out is almost always water in the connections above the primary clutch. Check and dry out all of those, apply Di-elec grease sparingly, and orientate the connections in a way that they won't collect/hold water. The temp is likely just a coincidence on that one.

Also - I've noticed sometimes applying just a little bit of throttle helps with starting when it's super cold.
 

Indy_500

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Sleds under warranty and they are charging you to "check" that the tps is on per the digital wrench which only checked 1 of 2 settings? Find a different dealer...
 
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