New from Manitoba Canada

Just picked up a 2000 Foreman s. 450, plastics are in decent shape but the important part is she purrs like a kitten. Picked it up with 8500 km on it.

I have a couple questions though, this is my first honda. First the fan has been bypassed and put on a switch allegedly because it wasn’t coming on. From what I’ve read these quads are very warm. I’m basically pushing snow with it in my driveway so do I need to even turn the fan on? Does it hurt if I leave it on all the time? Second, the light to the right of the neutral light comes on intermittently. I’m assuming it’s a temperature light? It flickers on and off quite often right from the moment I fire the quad up. Now those to things combined I really don’t know where my temp is running, right now with it being -25 c I doubt it will overheat but would rather fix this then have the censors not working. I have no idea wher to begin looking for the problem and any info would be great. Oh ya and what’s the flashing code on the bottom of the dash???

Now the third. Rear brakes are shot. When I go in to replace is there anything I should be looking for in particular or anything else I should do while it’s apart?

And last question. What should I be running for oil? Synthetic? Keep in mind I am in a cold climate and typically this thing is being trailers out to the lake for ice fishing or cleaning the driveway. Any input from you guys is appreciated, I’ve been reading for a couple days now and it a appears there are a lot of great guys on here.

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