Snowmobile Repair Info
Snowmobile Repair Information
For the last few years I have had quite a few requests for help from snowmobilers trying to diagnose or repair their own sleds. In my early teens I used to strip my sled to the frame every summer and sand and paint it, and I eventually ended up being a mechanic for a few decades.
I still fix my own, but I am a little out of date. The sleds that I know the best are my early and mid-90s Polaris triples. I can usually help people though, and I am always glad to try. We are snowmobilers, we help each other.
The top question by far is about gas and ethanol. Personally I run ethanol free 93 premium in all of my engines. There is an old article below.
The EAA is big on gas quality and are largely responsible for us being able to get premium without the corn squeezins. Many light planes run Bombadier 2 stroke engines on pump gas, and they are pretty serious about their fuel. As a result, they are an excellent resource for fuel questions. http://www.eaa.org/autofuel/
Anyway here are the articles..
about 7 months ago
Hello I have an 1995 arctic cat zrt 800 that caught fire and burned alot of fuel lines. I need to know how to get access to all the fuel lines and how they go on the sled if u could also tell me how to take off the air box that would be great and how do u test oil and fuel pumps to make sure they are properly working
about 8 months ago
Snowmobile Repair Info
1992 440 sport. both carbs r running off of one cylinder. I was told junk piston……symtoms are. 1 carb sucking air the othe carb is blowing air. compression 125 ice cold. After 20min run time. 85 and 75. is it junk?????????????lol the kid blew it up. but pine performance did the carbs in oct. this year. hey said 125 all day good engine. stuck $500. into the kids sled went 150mile broke down. That is the big question. if compression was 125 all day. then 150miles no problem…..right? who’s fult…..pines performance or my kid?????????????