whitdog54

your gas has a shelf life of 1 year befor an engine will run bad from it. bad fuel will also cause a bad backfire or a miss and hesitation. if it stalls as if someone shut it off it could be a loose ground or bad connection to an ignition as well. i would reccomend taking it in for warranty. if you do to much to it they could charge you for the work and void your warranty. this is a very fine line to wallk.

agreed, When you do take it in, I wouldnt even mention that you seafoamed.

Did you try a new battery? I know you charged it, but my old quad would always die when I would get off the gas because the battery was shot from dying and then being charged a couple times.

I am going to see if my friend cleans them. He is able to swap out the leds to different colors and stuff. I know you can disassemble the display and clean the circuit board with contact cleaner. The display is a common problem on cats. If you want to try and e-mail my friend directly PM me and I will give you his contact info. I don't know if is against forum policy to post it in the thread.

thanks man, sent you a pm

took out the display, cleaned the connection, plugged back in. NO GOOD. something inside the display is broke. This at has seen riding time twice......it has less then 3 hours on it. And my warratny ended a mnoth and a half ago. BULLSHIT, I can deal with out it, I think it was $330 for a replacement.

I honesly liked the analog display better, atleast it would tell you what gear you were in!!!!!! (i have 5 spd.)

Just bringing this back up...2008 AC 400. My LCD display turns on, but the display is messed up. I can only see a couple things on the display. If I push down on the display screen, I can start to see everything, but when I let go it all does away again. This quad has been driven twice since I bought it, so I really dont think anythings damaged, maybe just loose. Any ideas? also how do you take these things apart?

Just check the 10 day forecast....no snow

CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!! Nothin like owning a NEW MACHINE!!!!!!!!!! Hope you get many yrs of problem Free Riding:wink:

I hope so too...my uncle had an older 400 like the one in my avatar. I pretty much borrowed that when ever I pleased and never had problems

Awesome! What was the prcie if you don't mind me asking...Congrats! Are we gonna see some pics of the first ride?

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And yes Ill get some pics up after the first ride!! which will hopefully be tomorrow

Just picked a brand new 2008 Arctic Cat 400 4x4 ATV a couple days ago.

Its got 2/4WD with front diff lock, 2" receiver hitch, 12" of ground clearance. 5 speed semi auto (no clutch) w/ Hi/Low gearing and also reverse. Also added a 3,000lb winch.

I bought an arctic cat 90 when I was 12 with money from a sunday paper route. Finally got enough money for a new one. Picked it up for a steal because it was left over from 08'. I guess no one likes the the 5 speed anymore. Everyone wants the automatic. But hell I love the 5 speed and it has its advantages in really rocky and muddy terrain. Which is all I ride in.

some pics: some how my family and dog managed to get into all the pics...

Really? Should I do anything before running it again?

Wonder how that happened? I had the thing buried in the snow, but im not sure how it could have gotten in to the carb or gas tank.

update

Its been sitting for about 3 weeks....never touched. Started and drove fine? I have no Idea what was up, but it works now so w/e haha. Thanks for the help guys....Ill probably need to strip down that carb sometime.

4 stroke

you think compression could have anything to do with it, or maybe a seal or piston ring? It was at WOT for like 2 minutes straight lol...i kinda beat the hell out of it.

Jets could be clogged, how's the air filter? Did you get a bunch of snow in your airbox, have it melt and suck water?

maybe, but wouldnt that cause hydro lock and it wouldnt run at all?

ill take apart the carb sometime next week

I was stuck in snow and had it pinned, then all of a sudden it slowly crapped out. Its getting fuel

its a 2000 AC 90

it runs, but when ever I hit the throttle it just dies. The compression is good, i drained the carb....still nothing. Runs perfect, then any throttle will kill it. Any help will be well appreciated, thanks in advance!

to the left, see how the tire is in the middle so the rest of the quad is off the jump and to the left off of the pic. Easier to just photoshop one tire then a whole quad :comp10:

Who ever photoshopped it they did a good job, look at the shadows.

I've used kitty litter a couple times it worked decent and without a piney fresh smell:ack2c:

Yea very good article, too bad you couldn't get the AC in there. I also would like to see speed, hauling, and performance reviews. Basically have a drag race between all of them, that would be cool haha.

I want to see Arctic cat put some power steering on some of their models in the next couple years.

I completely agree!

x3!

Yea, theres tons of trails that go all into ottis and sandisfield. I've never heard that you can't be there. Maybe some parts of the pipeline are off limits, but other then that its all ridable.

Plus its marked with tons of signs especially snowmobile ones.

That guy is boss :usa:

U! S! A!

U! S! A!

green bridge off limits??? Its state riding lands. If people are worried about getting caught then why would 25+ trucks be parked there on the weekends right on the main rd.?

Ya theres some great trails around Ottis/sandisfield/tolland area. Theres a place referred to as the "green bridge" in that area on rt. 8. Thats where mostly everyone parks and theres a green bridge to cross the river and get onto the trails. Thats mainly where I do my riding because I have some land up there and I can get to all those trails from my spot.

Theres also some good trails in the October mountain area.