mountain cat 600 bogging/backfire

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powerstrokeguy

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• Jan 19, 2009

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friend has mountain cat 600, not sure of the year but he says it idles fine but when he gets on the throttle it will bog and backfire he says his dad has went thru "almost everything" but i wanted to get some opinions so i can help get him running good. his dad thinks it might be bad gas so he is having him burn the current tank out and go from there.

 

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AkHockey10

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• Jan 19, 2009

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Could be. Do you know if its EFI or Carb?

 

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powerstrokeguy

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• Jan 20, 2009

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yes it is efi.

 

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davidd

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• Jan 20, 2009

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unplug the kill switch on the bars and give it a quick try. I have had I think five failures now with these older kill switches!

 

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m_beeson

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• Jan 20, 2009

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davidd said:

unplug the kill switch on the bars and give it a quick try. I have had I think five failures now with these older kill switches!

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It's more likely the kill function that is integrated into the thumb throttle assembly. It is an easy fix. Start by unplugging the whole kill switch loom (right at the base of the handlebars). If that cures it then cut the wire that goes to the thumb throttle assembly.

I don't remember which color wire it was, but you have a common/ground, and you have two other wires comming down to the plug.

Find the common, and tone for the kill switch, and it is the other one. Cut the wire, and put heat-shrink or tape around it so it doesn't ground out. Problem solved.

 

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powerstrokeguy

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• Jan 20, 2009

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thanks for the replies. i will let him know about those things.

 

mtnxr

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• Feb 5, 2009

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Any updates on this. My wifes started doing this yesterday at the end of the ride. I had the stator redone last year and it has about 150 miles on that. Have not had a chance to look at it yet.

 

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• Feb 6, 2009

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you can cut the center wire on the kill switch plug. That is usualy the problem.