Category Archives: Polaris Sportsman

2008 sportsman 500 EFI battery light flashing

I recently have had my battery light flashing and cant seem to figure out why?
My battery was load tested and checked out OK, voltage at battery at idle is 14.4v, put lights on and heated grips and charging stays at 14.3v. Quad starts fine. battery terminal are clean and tight. Grounded neg battery terminal to frame with jumper cable and no change with flashing battery light.
anyone with any ideas…odd thing is in diagnostic mode with volts read 13v and when multimeter on battery while running is states 14.4v, 13v should still be in range for the diagnostic mode as far as I know.

RPM go up when turing left

I posted this in the XP forum, thought I would try it here too.

Hey guys just wondering if anyone else has seen this or has a fix for it? I have a 2014 Sportsman 550 touring and whenever I turn the steering to the left the engine races as if I’m applying the throttle.

I took some panels off to check the throttle cable and it looks in tact. There were no tywraps securing it in place so I thought maybe the movement of the cable was the problem so I secured the throttle cable in a couple of places and that made it worse.

The only thing that seems odd to me is that where the throttle cable goes into the throttle body there is some play like its loose.

At the end of the cable where it attaches to the throttle body there is a metal piece. Is this supposed to be snug in the throttle body?

Thanks.

RPM go up when turing left

I posted this in the XP forum, thought I would try it here too.

Hey guys just wondering if anyone else has seen this or has a fix for it? I have a 2014 Sportsman 550 touring and whenever I turn the steering to the left the engine races as if I’m applying the throttle.

I took some panels off to check the throttle cable and it looks in tact. There were no tywraps securing it in place so I thought maybe the movement of the cable was the problem so I secured the throttle cable in a couple of places and that made it worse.

The only thing that seems odd to me is that where the throttle cable goes into the throttle body there is some play like its loose.

At the end of the cable where it attaches to the throttle body there is a metal piece. Is this supposed to be snug in the throttle body?

Thanks.

RPM go up when turing left

I posted this in the XP forum, thought I would try it here too.

Hey guys just wondering if anyone else has seen this or has a fix for it? I have a 2014 Sportsman 550 touring and whenever I turn the steering to the left the engine races as if I’m applying the throttle.

I took some panels off to check the throttle cable and it looks in tact. There were no tywraps securing it in place so I thought maybe the movement of the cable was the problem so I secured the throttle cable in a couple of places and that made it worse.

The only thing that seems odd to me is that where the throttle cable goes into the throttle body there is some play like its loose.

At the end of the cable where it attaches to the throttle body there is a metal piece. Is this supposed to be snug in the throttle body?

Thanks.

RPM go up when turing left

I posted this in the XP forum, thought I would try it here too.

Hey guys just wondering if anyone else has seen this or has a fix for it? I have a 2014 Sportsman 550 touring and whenever I turn the steering to the left the engine races as if I’m applying the throttle.

I took some panels off to check the throttle cable and it looks in tact. There were no tywraps securing it in place so I thought maybe the movement of the cable was the problem so I secured the throttle cable in a couple of places and that made it worse.

The only thing that seems odd to me is that where the throttle cable goes into the throttle body there is some play like its loose.

At the end of the cable where it attaches to the throttle body there is a metal piece. Is this supposed to be snug in the throttle body?

Thanks.

RPM go up when turing left

I posted this in the XP forum, thought I would try it here too.

Hey guys just wondering if anyone else has seen this or has a fix for it? I have a 2014 Sportsman 550 touring and whenever I turn the steering to the left the engine races as if I’m applying the throttle.

I took some panels off to check the throttle cable and it looks in tact. There were no tywraps securing it in place so I thought maybe the movement of the cable was the problem so I secured the throttle cable in a couple of places and that made it worse.

The only thing that seems odd to me is that where the throttle cable goes into the throttle body there is some play like its loose.

At the end of the cable where it attaches to the throttle body there is a metal piece. Is this supposed to be snug in the throttle body?

Thanks.

sportsman 800 running on 1 cylinder, injector?

2007 x2 800, recently started running on 1 cylinder, I each plug to verify and yes. The slug that ain’t working seemed to have lots of compression according to my finger, spark was there when i grounded it, so i figured gas?? put back together and started it, wiggled the injector and it started running on both. took for a ride then back to 1. Where to start? Thanks

sportsman 800 running on 1 cylinder, injector?

2007 x2 800, recently started running on 1 cylinder, I each plug to verify and yes. The slug that ain’t working seemed to have lots of compression according to my finger, spark was there when i grounded it, so i figured gas?? put back together and started it, wiggled the injector and it started running on both. took for a ride then back to 1. Where to start? Thanks