New Alpha won’t start!

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Tzehm6363

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New Alpha won’t start!

Any ideas as to why a new sled with 0 miles won’t start? It was starting great when I loaded it into the trailer. Now 2 weeks later and it won’t start. It has plenty of gas, checked the tether, kill switch and key.

I haven’t checked for spark yet because I ran out of time. Does anyone know of any known issues like loose connections or faulty tethers and so on? Can the tether be bypassed or unplugged to test it?

Thanks for the help...

 

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My 2019 Mountain Cat wouldn't start because it had a vapor lock on the gas tank the vent line was plugged on it. Had a blockage on the turn at the top of the gas tank next to the fill neck

 

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pull the rope.they dont have electric start.

 

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if that dont work.plugs might be wet

 

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Turns out it’s a bad fuel pump, we hope. The dealer contacted Cat today and they mentioned that they have had some bad fuel pumps in the new Alphas. Going in for warranty and hasn’t even hit the snow yet!!

 

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**** musta got the pumps from the same place as Polaris did the 850s. . . . That's a bummer!

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Tzehm6363 said:

Turns out it’s a bad fuel pump, we hope. The dealer contacted Cat today and they mentioned that they have had some bad fuel pumps in the new Alphas. Going in for warranty and hasn’t even hit the snow yet!!

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Hook a 9v battery to the pump in reverse. Then hook back up to sled.
People have been doing this with cats pumps for a few yrs now....

 

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kiliki said:

My 2019 Mountain Cat wouldn't start because it had a vapor lock on the gas tank the vent line was plugged on it. Had a blockage on the turn at the top of the gas tank next to the fill neck

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This would be simple enough to test for, just try to start it without the gas cap on.

 

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snowmobiler said:

pull the rope.they dont have electric start.

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Or install electric start and then try the key:face-icon-small-sho

 

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I assume the dealer put in the anti-theft code?

 

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Or install electric start and then try the key:face-icon-small-sho

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not on the 19's
push button start on the bars....

 

Last edited: Nov 14, 2018