Hello guys quick question what charges these thing my Polaris has zero electric running to it the battery checks out and so forth but its not charging the battery? any help would be a must cause of now I am just pull starting it but cant run for long not having the radiator fan.

 

They use "magneto's" inside the engine.

Check out www.atvconnection.com or www.bikebandit.com

 

looks like from a breif search, the thing has an alternator on it.

It wont start from the battery, will it run with the battery disconnected?

 

http://www.atvrideronline.com/tested...laris_atp_4x4/

Only one of us can be right...
but like I said, brief search.

 

ya fronty i can pull start it and run it all day long but i don't want to because of the fan not being able to run. if its magnetos in the engine that cant be good.

 

Check alternator, not real common to go out but does happen.

 

so is it alternator charged or magneto charged?

 

Solid state stator, Polaris has not had magneto's for quite some time.

T398

 

DodgeCowboy, How do ya like that thing? I never understood why they only made that model for one year.

T398

 

well going against what dad said that the battery was still good i went and put it on the charger and it comes back to life so maybe not so much the alternator but possibly a dead battery possibly from the annoyance that this thing has had of not idling for week or so so i need to figure out how to make it ideal

 

Those are not EFI'd so there will be a little **** off the side of carb and also an adjustment in the throttle cable up by the handlebars. If you get a good battery in it and it still won't start but just turns over, but will start with the rope you probably need a valve adjustment.

T398

 

could be a problem in the charging system.

with the engine running, the fan should have still worked. There may have just been enough juice in the battery to run the engine electronics. Im not familiar enough with small engines to know how they work.

 

i found on the drivers side a Phillips screw in a sleeve that runs to the passenger side of the carb and all it did screwing that in an out was make the throttle really touchy? these have a i believe a electronic throttle on them oh great like apps ya know but i know thats not my problem but the darn thing wont idle an that i think is killing the battery.

 

If you screw the phillips screw in it should turn the idle up, If your valves are out of adjustment enough you will screw this in far enough to make it idle while cold but once the engine warms up it will idle way to high.
T398

 

Voltage Regulator is bad or bad wires to it or unplugged.