I have a 2001 Arctic Cat 500 (With the stock Suzuki engine), and when I took it out today, it started fine, has a nice idle, but as soon as i give it more then 1/8 throttle, it dies out and stalls. I cant go more then 10 mp/h either.
My guess was that it was a fuel problem. Perhaps a partially clogged fuel line, or something. It had a half tank of gas though.
When I give it gas, and its driving, it has a funny sound.. somewhat of a knocking idle.
Also, it has almost no torque... it barely made it up a small hill.
The exhaust looked clean, except for one time, when it was puffing a bit of black smoke, and had a bad smell.
The engine has only 350 miles on it, so its relatively new.
I checked the oil, it was clear and topped up.
I've had to replace a pickup coil, and a CDI module as well.
Since I replaced the CDI and Pickup coil, Ive also lost A LOT of speed. My top speed before was around 45 Mph, now its about 30 Mph. (Before this problem now)
Can anybody try and help me try and figure out whats wrong with it? Please don't leave remarks like "Arctic Cat is shit" or "I don't know".
I've just turned 15 a month ago, so I don't know too much about engines, but I DO know more then most people my age.
Thanks in Advance
My guess was that it was a fuel problem. Perhaps a partially clogged fuel line, or something. It had a half tank of gas though.
When I give it gas, and its driving, it has a funny sound.. somewhat of a knocking idle.
Also, it has almost no torque... it barely made it up a small hill.
The exhaust looked clean, except for one time, when it was puffing a bit of black smoke, and had a bad smell.
The engine has only 350 miles on it, so its relatively new.
I checked the oil, it was clear and topped up.
I've had to replace a pickup coil, and a CDI module as well.
Since I replaced the CDI and Pickup coil, Ive also lost A LOT of speed. My top speed before was around 45 Mph, now its about 30 Mph. (Before this problem now)
Can anybody try and help me try and figure out whats wrong with it? Please don't leave remarks like "Arctic Cat is shit" or "I don't know".
I've just turned 15 a month ago, so I don't know too much about engines, but I DO know more then most people my age.
Thanks in Advance