hi, ive got a 1999 polaris xc 500 that keeps stalling after every few miles. ive checked the fuel system and it is ok, i also checked the compression on both cylinders and they are 110. the oil injection pump works. anybody have any other suggestionson what to check?

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hi, ive got a 1999 polaris xc 500 that keeps stalling after every few miles. ive checked the fuel system and it is ok, i also checked the compression on both cylinders and they are 110. the oil injection pump works. anybody have any other suggestionson what to check?

  what does it do when it dies??  does it sputter at all, or does it just shut off?  does it fire right up after it dies ? or do you have to choke it or play with the throttle,  what do your plugs look like, white? tan? black ? does it die at all different throttle positions, or just at a certain rpm?

i am riding the sled somewhere in the powerband and then it dies, it dosent even sputter at all, it just shuts off. it fires up about five minutes after it dies and it acts like it is flooded, sometimes it backfires. to start it after it dies i use no choke and hold the throttle half to wide open. the plugs are a tan color and they are both the same color but they look a little wet after the sled dies. the sled dies at lower throttle positions  

my guess is the stator, my ol yamaha had the same type of symptoms. If you know someone with the same sled switch stators, then you'll know for sure. 

it ended up being the the secondary coil that was bad, in order to fix this problem the cdi and the secondary coil had to both be replaced because they are one unit. the left cylinder would spark interminiantly indicating that one half of the coil is bad. thanks for the help!