After driving my 07 700 for 10-15 minutes I parked the machine and cleaned the air filter. After I was done I fired up the machine and noticed what seems like excessive pressure in the motor as it turned over a bit but suddenly stopped before firing, similar to a weak battery. I released the starter button and tried again and this time it turned over, but now the motor has a very noticeable knocking/metal on metal noise and is just running poorly. Bad enough I wouldn’t consider driving it.

Seeing as it was running 100% normal before parking it for the air filter cleaning, could there be a wire or connection that came loose or broke during the air filter servicing? I do need to wiggle the airbox a bit to get the lid on and get the clip on the shifter side up over the lid to latch.

Oil is good, filter is clean and I cannot see anything. Just seems odd that it was totally fine before I parked it and now it’ll barely turn over/run.

Any ideas?