icedgreece
02-22-2010, 12:32 AM
Title says it all.
I was just offloading my quad from the trailer to go on a trail with some buddies, everything was working fine, until I heard some clinging from the engine. I let it idle for about 5 minutes and it went away. We drove around the parking lot to see if it came back, it did. It got louder and I noticed I was loosing power. I was forcing the engine to stay on, but decided to let it stall. After the stall I started it up again, let it stall, then it wouldn't start. There was a massive backfire.
I tried starting it for 20 seconds, and there constant "puffs" coming from the exhaust. We towed it to the trailer and brought her home.
The clinging wasn't happening when I loaded it up and ripped around the night before. When we got home I changed out the spark plug, and it still will not start. I noticed the old sparkplug was black (burnt), and there was no oil. It was dried. My quad should tell me if the engine/tranny oil is low, but I could not tell what kind of oil it was for. My rancher has 1 cylinder.
I noticed it backfiring a few weeks before but wasn't concerned.
Any help is appreciated. I am worried I just killed my quad.
Thank you,
Travis.
I was just offloading my quad from the trailer to go on a trail with some buddies, everything was working fine, until I heard some clinging from the engine. I let it idle for about 5 minutes and it went away. We drove around the parking lot to see if it came back, it did. It got louder and I noticed I was loosing power. I was forcing the engine to stay on, but decided to let it stall. After the stall I started it up again, let it stall, then it wouldn't start. There was a massive backfire.
I tried starting it for 20 seconds, and there constant "puffs" coming from the exhaust. We towed it to the trailer and brought her home.
The clinging wasn't happening when I loaded it up and ripped around the night before. When we got home I changed out the spark plug, and it still will not start. I noticed the old sparkplug was black (burnt), and there was no oil. It was dried. My quad should tell me if the engine/tranny oil is low, but I could not tell what kind of oil it was for. My rancher has 1 cylinder.
I noticed it backfiring a few weeks before but wasn't concerned.
Any help is appreciated. I am worried I just killed my quad.
Thank you,
Travis.