Hey guys, newb to the forum so apologies if I didn’t find this problem discussed.
Alright, I think I partly screwed up/partly had something going on my 2011 500HO (carbed).
-just hit 1000 kms, 94 hours. Battery is maybe 2 years old.
-check engine light has been on since last year but ran fine other than the Tach spins up to 1200 and drops at start. It also shows very low rpms while riding.
-went for a good 2 hour ride the other day and at one point my Tach read properly (it even hit 6000 rpm for the first time since this started) then went back to low rpms shown. Also I noticed a slight slapping sound like it could be a frayed belt but the belt has maybe 200kms on it, looks fine.
-brought it home and washed it off with the garden hose…. I cleaned around the fuse box with parts cleaner (I didn’t have anything else) thinking it would be fine.
-next day I had to boost it to get started but if I gave it gas it would chug and knock then stall. Undriveable now.
-rechecked the fuses and they were shattered (most likely from the parts cleaner eating it) so changed them. Hopefully nothing else got dissolved by the cleaner.
-checked and cleaned spark plug, airbox filter
-put my multimeter on the battery while running and I get around 9.5-10v (14v with battery charger trickling it)
-with the machine OFF and the key ON my multimeter shows a slow drop in volts over a minute or two.
That’s what I know for sure so far so I am hoping anyone might have an idea what could be the problem, whether it’s a regulator, stator, or I fried my electrical with parts cleaner? I’d like to fix this myself instead of the dealer. :damnit:
Hey guys, newb to the forum so apologies if I didn’t find this problem discussed.
Alright, I think I partly screwed up/partly had something going on my 2011 500HO (carbed).
-just hit 1000 kms, 94 hours. Battery is maybe 2 years old.
-check engine light has been on since last year but ran fine other than the Tach spins up to 1200 and drops at start. It also shows very low rpms while riding.
-went for a good 2 hour ride the other day and at one point my Tach read properly (it even hit 6000 rpm for the first time since this started) then went back to low rpms shown. Also I noticed a slight slapping sound like it could be a frayed belt but the belt has maybe 200kms on it, looks fine.
-brought it home and washed it off with the garden hose…. I cleaned around the fuse box with parts cleaner (I didn’t have anything else) thinking it would be fine.
-next day I had to boost it to get started but if I gave it gas it would chug and knock then stall. Undriveable now.
-rechecked the fuses and they were shattered (most likely from the parts cleaner eating it) so changed them. Hopefully nothing else got dissolved by the cleaner.
-checked and cleaned spark plug, airbox filter
-put my multimeter on the battery while running and I get around 9.5-10v (14v with battery charger trickling it)
-with the machine OFF and the key ON my multimeter shows a slow drop in volts over a minute or two.
That’s what I know for sure so far so I am hoping anyone might have an idea what could be the problem, whether it’s a regulator, stator, or I fried my electrical with parts cleaner? I’d like to fix this myself instead of the dealer. :damnit:
