One of the guys shows up on a beat up 01-04 Rubicon. Busted meter, no idea on miles or history. Anyhow, we didn’t even get 1/2 mile from the house and he’s dead in the water. Thing died and wouldn’t restart without the choke on, then it spit and sputtered and would die.
I think "trash in carb" and tried taking off the air cleaner, revving it up and then slapping my hand over the intake hoping it would dislodge whatever was clogging it up, but didn’t help, and my hand came away covered in gas.
We dragged it back to the house, and I put him on my Foreman, and I rode one of the Arctic Cat 300’s my father in law dropped off for me to fix.
Fast forward to yesterday. I went to move the Rubicon to the shop and it fired right up, ran like a top. I drove it up and down the street a few times and it didn’t miss a lick.
Any ideas on what might have caused this? I initially thought trash in carb and told the guy I’d clean it for him. Now I’m wondering what else it could be? It would run with the choke on and a lot of throttle feathering, but would die if you weren’t working the throttle with the choke on. Did the trash dislodge itself in the carb, or is there something else that could cause this? I would think if it were electrical/spark related it wouldn’t have run with the choke on.
Had a good ride. Had heavy rains that morning so lots of mud and water to play in. The little Arctic Cat 300 with slicks on it was entertaining, but I think I’ll stick to my Foreman.
