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I was out plowing just now and I rammed a snow bank at moderate speed and the machine switched off. Then wouldn’t start. It would crank but not start. I pulled it back to my garage where it will now start and idle but then cuts off. I can restart it but after a little while it cuts off again. I can rev it up while it’s running but will die mid rev. 
 

I checked the voltage and while running it shows 14 volts, so it seems the charging circuit is ok, and the battery is sitting at 12.5-13. 
 

where would be a good place to start troubleshooting? I’m not really sure where to start. 
 

any help would be greatly appreciated!

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Hi. I'm not familiar with those things, but with a name like Arctic Cat, you'd think it would handle a bit of snow..

I can't think of anything that would do that, but I'd start by having a good inspection all underneath for anywhere the snow could have knocked a wire or perhaps a vacuum hose off.. Could snow do that ? I'm also not very familiar with snow. I know it's really cold and that I should keep away from it.. but that's about it.

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