Category Archives: Can-Am Renegade

Can-Am Renegade

Motor rebuilt.. Won’t start or idle.. Why???

Well my motor blew before.. And totally rebuilt it with an 840 kit.. Hooked everything back up, double checked to make sure everything was plugged and in the right spots.. Threw on my filter, closed the air box and stuff like it would be normally..

Soo, I attempt to start it.. The battery was a little low, so I hooked jumper cables to it and then tried.. The motor would in turn over, it wouldn’t fire.. Looked over everything again.. Everything is plugged in and together like it should be..

Tried to start it again.. It would just turn over, so gave it gas and it fired and stayed running until I let off the throttle to let it idle, after it got below 1600 rpms it cut off.. I tried that multiple times and same scenario.. Removed the tps cleaned it, removed the idle/air control valve, cleaned it.. Tried to start again, same scenario as before.. It won’t idle.. It’ll run as long as I give it throttle.. But immediately cuts off when I try to let it idle..

It has the 840 big bore kit.. 2" snorkals and dobeck tuner.. I know tuning is required but it should still run..the motor sounds good, no missing or anything.. Just won’t idle.

Any ideas? Any tips? Or anything to help figure this out before I start buying things to replace them?

Can-Am Renegade

Oil leak from right side case, how hard to fix?

I noticed my 2012 XXC 1,000 just developed an oil leak on the right side. Its seeping oil slowly, but after 20-30 minutes it drips down the side of the engine and gets wet all the way to the bottom of the engine.

Any ideas what this leak is from, seems obviously like its the side case gasket. I also noticed my water pump weep hose up plumb full, so its time to do the water pump seal too.

Whats all involved in this repair? I have a shop manual, but did not have time to look into it in the garage yet. Here’s some pics so u can see the leak location.

Thanks! :th_smiliethumbsup: