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I have a 2006 and 2007 TRX500 rubicons 4x4s I have one heck of time starting them when it gets 20 degrees or below if they sit any leanth of time like overnight i usually run the batteries down before they start. was hoping someone had any tips . thanks for any advise. B. S.
I don't own a Honda, but I have heard that some of them have a primer on the carburetor and some have a carburetor heater. Do either of yours have this and have you used it? I was talking to a Honda dealer, and he said that some have a carburetor heater and if you turn the key on for a couple of minutes before you start it, it will heat the carburetor. I would be interested in finding out if this is true. He also said that a lot of people that own Hondas don't know about this. Was he BSing me of telling it straight?
All the carb heaters I've seen before (mainly on snowmobiles) have relied on diverting warm engine coolant through passages in the carb, to keep them from freezing up due to ingested snow in deep powder riding.A quick Google check reveals that a lot of the newer honda ATV's do in fact have an electrical carb heater, although from the sounds of it, it's more to keep the carb from freezing, rather than help with cold starting. The only time having a warm intake tract (blowing a hair dryer down the intake snorkel while cranking) has helped me has been in extreme cold (close to -40C) when gasoline stops vaporizing.
i have a 500 rubicon and have the same problem you are talking about.if real cold out on the ice,i go out and start it up every hour and still turns over slow and can get you kinda nervous.... yes, i do believe they stick cheap small cca batteries in them when they are new and need to put better battery in it but what i never realized when i got this 4-wheeler new was how much oil it holds,i believe its 5 qts. thats alot of oil for a small battery to turn the crank in,or isn't it that much of a issue as to why these 4-wheelers crank over so slow? do other atv's out there hold this much oil also and have cranking issues too?
There is a cold start primer under your seat.It's a pain to get to but a few pumps and mine starts no problems,well below zero.Check your manual it's in there.
ALL HONDA'S START HARD WHEN IT'S COLD or they've sat for more than a few days. have owned them from about 1984 to present. get used to it or swap to a different brand.
do other atv's out there hold this much oil also and have cranking issues too?