Yes its electric and you can hear it pumping when you turn the key. I have a question about that sea foam. I see people saying it works like magic and seems like a good product but the quads engine has not even been through brake-in yet so is it safe to put that in or is it better to wait until after the engine is broke in. Also is it fine to break the engine in during the winter at -20 or is it better to wait until it warms up? I just don't want to screw the engine and as you can may have figured out I know nothing about mechanics lol.
I plan on taking it to get fitted with the winch, bumpers etc next Saturday and then wanted to go out Sunday and do the break-in. Please let me know if it is wise to do it in the snow and cold
I put the gas line antifreeze in it and left the battery on the charger for an hour and then I turned it over and instantly it fired up. Thanks so much to everyone who helped :d I will be getting the battery checked and replaced if needed but I think it was a combo of the fuel line freezing and the battery not holding a charge properly.
Gotta love it when a plan comes together. Buy the canadian tire c-tec charger and leave it on 24/7 , your battery will last a long.long timeIt Started
hey man we had an 04 sportsman 600 and we always had a problem in the winter starting it and we just put a battery charger on that thing all night long and it started the next morning perfectly. the only thing is we wore out the drive train on it along with the belt so we got a honda rubicon 500 and it has the cold start primer which makes an ENORMOUS difference. the other thing you can do for the polaris is buy a block heater for it and there wont be any problems at all.So I bought the new quad almost 3 weeks ago I loaded it up on my truck and brought it home and put it in the garage which is unheated. Part of the reason I did not bother to start it until now was because it had barley any gas so I went today and got it some gas and filled it up full. I checked the oil level and it looked fine and then I tried to start it. Following the Polaris manual they say to turn over the engine for maximum 5 seconds and then if it does not start to turn the key back to off position and wait 5 seconds and try again. I went and followed this and after 3 times of trying to start the engine the quad just made a clicking noise and wouldn't even turn over or nothing. I waited 7min and tried again and it tried to turn over but just couldn't do it so I turned the key to the off position and tried again and then it went back to just clicking. I figured ok WTF is going on and I figure battery must be dead. I did some quick searches on the Polaris forums and sure enough the 2010 and 2011 batteries have a problem keeping a charge in the cold. I charge up the battery for a 30min and try again and now it goes back to trying to turn over but still won't quite get there and after a few times trying I kill the battery again and all it does is click. I now have it sitting on the charger and will leave it on there to do a full charge. I figured having EFI quad would start easier then carb that you have to prime. Anyone who has EFI and starts it in winter know why it's so damn hard to get it started? I followed Polaris recommendation that if the quad is having a hard time turning over due to the cold to prime it by turning the key until the pump comes on for 5 seconds and then repeat 3 times and then try to fire it up and still it just wont go!
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It's not a continuous charge , it is a battery maintainer, it only charges at 2amps when your batt. needs it. this will make any battery last longer as it doesn't allow your battery to discharge at all. Discharging for periods of time can cause calcification of your plates in a lead acic battery, which in turn decreases cranking amps. If you go on Battery Tender - Home of the Battery Tender Jr. - Batterytender.com I think it is, there is some excellent info there on this subject.
