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Non-Snowmobile problem with a Polaris....
I have a 96 polaris sportsman that i cannot get to start. since i have found really great help on problems with my sled, i figured i could ask here... my wheeler is a 400cc, single cylinder, 2-stroke. picture a single cyl. 400 polaris sled with tires... anyways, i can't get it to start, and when it finally does, it won't stay running. i have had it going twice in the last 3 days, and both times it runs great at first, awesome power for a min. or so then it sputters, looses power and eventually dies. here is what i have done so far: cleaned carb and all passages, checked floats, new plug, drained the tank, new gas, new fuel lines, new filters... so this is where i stand. it will start if i put alot of gas in the jug and crank it. it is pulling gas into the carb, but not the engine itself. i did find an air leak at the base of the jug so i replaced the gasket (along with the exhaust gasket cause it leaked some too) figuring that if there wasn't enough vacuum that i wouldn't get the fuel to the engine. still nothing coming in from the carb. i cleaned the reeds with stater fluid because they were very carboned, and that wasn't it either. i don't know much about reeds (my sled doesn't have them) so i was wondering if there were maybe sticking open? when i have the cage out and am looking at the reeds, should they be completely closed, or with a slight opening? also, i read on this site that i might be able to flip the reeds over? does that work? i don't want to buy a new set of reeds if i don't have to.... HELP!
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