AaronQ
Active VIP Member
Hey gang quick thought.
Had both of our 15 xm 174s up a ride the other day and the first sled was running pretty good but had a funny miss just once in a while going up the trail. Got to the alpine and seemed to clean up. Rode a few hours and then it just sputtered once and died. Just like it ran out of fuel. Got it rolled over off the hill and to the bottom of the glacier and it just fired back up after Maye 3 or 4 pulls. Played around for a bit and then virtually the same thing. Running good then just one little sputter and it died. Wouldn't start at all. Would roll over give a short fire just one burp then quit with a backfire. Didn't pull the plugs cause they're gay like aids without a swivel and flex head ratchet but checked coils and both coils have excellent spark. Anyway drug it back to the trucks got back to town. Phoned the small engine guy who did the services this fall and asked him if he made sure that he indexed the plugs and he had no idea what I was talking about. So. Sounds like he took em out regapped cleaned and threw em back in. Anyone ever had a plug indexed wrong and what was the symptoms?
The second sled was throwing a code and running rough on the way out of the area the other night on our rescue mission too.
Had both of our 15 xm 174s up a ride the other day and the first sled was running pretty good but had a funny miss just once in a while going up the trail. Got to the alpine and seemed to clean up. Rode a few hours and then it just sputtered once and died. Just like it ran out of fuel. Got it rolled over off the hill and to the bottom of the glacier and it just fired back up after Maye 3 or 4 pulls. Played around for a bit and then virtually the same thing. Running good then just one little sputter and it died. Wouldn't start at all. Would roll over give a short fire just one burp then quit with a backfire. Didn't pull the plugs cause they're gay like aids without a swivel and flex head ratchet but checked coils and both coils have excellent spark. Anyway drug it back to the trucks got back to town. Phoned the small engine guy who did the services this fall and asked him if he made sure that he indexed the plugs and he had no idea what I was talking about. So. Sounds like he took em out regapped cleaned and threw em back in. Anyone ever had a plug indexed wrong and what was the symptoms?
The second sled was throwing a code and running rough on the way out of the area the other night on our rescue mission too.
