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Newbie – 02 Magnum 325 – Starting Issue

Have a 02 magnum 325. Electric start won’t work. Pull starter works. Nothing when you turn the key. No lights on dash illuminated either. Headlights work. Hooked battery jumper direct to starter and the starter spins. Replaced the starter solenoid and still dead when turning key to start. I can ohm the buss fuse between terminals, so doesn’t seem to be that either.

Any ideas????

Thank You for any help. Much appreciated.

Newbie – 02 Magnum 325 – Starting Issue

Have a 02 magnum 325. Electric start won’t work. Pull starter works. Nothing when you turn the key. No lights on dash illuminated either. Headlights work. Hooked battery jumper direct to starter and the starter spins. Replaced the starter solenoid and still dead when turning key to start. I can ohm the buss fuse between terminals, so doesn’t seem to be that either.

Any ideas????

Thank You for any help. Much appreciated.

New outlander owner!/ new to the forum!

I just wanted to say hi to everyone! I just bought my first ATV a 2014 Outlander Max XT 800r. It has 416 miles! It seems like there is a great amount of knowledge here. I was wondering if anyone undercoats there ATV? There was a little surface rust on a few welds towards the front of the frame so I used a paint called chassis saver and touched up those spots. I plan on getting skid plates soon too!

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01 300EX just shuts off when idling

Just bought an 01 300ex, and doing some maintenance on it (brakes, tires, alignment, valves, etc). It runs pretty good, but has a weird quirk. If I let it sit and idle, it will randomly shut off. Hit the button, it fires right back up. It does not do this while riding.

I have a carb rebuild kit on the way, so that may be part of it, although I doubt it.

Any thoughts?

2006 Predator 90 – intermittent start issues

Hi All,

My sons 2006 Predator 90 won’t start always. We kick it and most days it will fire right up. One time we went out to the shed, fired it up and loaded it onto the trailer for a 40 minute drive. When we got to the trails and unloaded, it would not kick over/fire up.

This sort of thing happens often. We are able to start it up and ride for a while. Then we shut it off, it cools off, and then all of a sudden it won’t kick over again.

It works, but then it doesn’t. When it won’t restart, we try re-seating the kill tether, flipping the run/stop switch, removing/re-insert the key, enable the choke, push the choke in, switch in/out of neutral… It just doesn’t want to start sometimes.

This last time after trailering it home, I pushed it into the garage and let it sit for the week. The next time I tried to start it, you guessed it, if fired right up. Doesn’t make any sense.

(the electric start never worked after buying it used – never tried to get that fixed)

Thanks for your time and I appreciate any response.

Another nail in the coffin.