Wiring short in 08 doos, lost rpm

[mel.h]

Thought I would let all the owners of 08 doos know this.Went out for a Saturday ride with a friend, everything was going well...... for the 1st 4 miles. Check engine light came on, stopped, checked it all over, no issues found. Took off again ripping across a long open field & WTH can't get the RPM over 7600. Did a more thorough check, found a blown 15 amp fuse. Replaced it, all was good. 5 or so minutes later, check engine light on again. Yup, blew the fuse again. To make a long story shorter (and 1 more fuse blown), figured out it was when I hit the brakes the fuse blew. Pulled the taillight out & found there is no loom or anything to protect the wire & it had rubbed the red wire bare & it was grounding out on the tunnel. Fixed it properly with shrink wrap & loom....YEEHAW, 8300 rpm again, no more check engine. Thought you all would like to know this so you can fix it before you go out. [media]https://www.snowandmud.com/forum/images/smilies/smile.gif[/media]

 

[nielsy]

obviously you didn't get your update done when they do the driveshaft they are supposed to put a little thing under the wires from the reg-rectifier and fix the taillight with drilling a hole and put in a ziptie so this can't happen again

 

[mel.h]

It must have been done when the update was done, but instead of drilling the hole up as high as it could be, they drilled it just over half way & as a result the wire was still rubbing.