Pro hard to start when cold

[speeder72]

My sled has 300 km on it now but when it is cold it is a pig to start? It was - 10 the other morning and I could barely pull the thing over,took about a dozen pulls before it started.anyone else find the same?

 

[gasgod]

mines a real bear when it 20 below, but it catchs 2nd or 3rd pull, id power out if it took a dozen

 

[plio7]

i dont know if it will work for yor pro or not but on my cat when its cold, i do one really slow pull to the very end of the recoil then pll it over regularly, seems to make it a little easier to yank on after that

 

[OnlyPolaris]

ya on the first pull pull the rope all the way out slowly to free everything up. then the sled should start in 2 more pulls. Make sure your throttle cable freeplay is tight enough or the sled will throw the saftey switch. have seen this quite abit. seems to take guys alot of pulls to get the sled started. tighten the throttle cable and they start in a couple pulls.

 

[iqrpoo]

speeder, are you using ves gold? It's expensive but it makes cold starts easy peasy

 

[Studder]

Yea, that "cold" 1st pull or two is a hard pull. Thats fairly normal for these new tight machines. Mine always starts on the 4th to 6th pull at -25- -30 though.

 

[speeder72]

Thanks guys,I was just concerned it may have been a bigger prob.

 

[papajake]

my 700 dragon is the same -20 can't start it murmirators cousin said it pulls as hard as his 1000 skidoo need a heater to warm it up specially after driving in -20 to staging area

 

[saskguy]

compared to my 09 assault and my cat i figured my pro assault was a breeze to start lol, mind you my 09 was likely hard to start cuz it was always blowed up ha ha, sure am loving this 11 though my favorite sled in a long time and running like a top

 

[rockydaug]

Try this guys, if you get a chance, after a day of riding, shut unit off, go have supper or a beer or both(wait a couple of hours). start unit let run a minute or so, don't touch the throttle, just let it idle, shut it off and walk away. the next day it's amazing how easy it is to pull over. just something I found.

 

[polguy]

I found the electric start is the only way to go!!