02 ES problems

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rancher238

Discussion Starter · Jul 7, 2010

Hi, guys i was riding my 2002 honda rancher 350 2x4 ES all weekend and it was running great. At the end of our trip we were on a small trail just riding around and my atv just lost power completely. I went to start it and the battery went dead. So i tried to pull start it and that didnt work. So i let it sit for a couple minutes and then it fired right up using the electric start which was really weird. So then it was running fine....when i got home it did the same thing..lost power and then it would only start with the pull start. I charged the battery and it seems that my battery keeps getting drained out. When i got it going again with the pull start it ran fine until i went to put it in my shed and then my digital display went blank but the atv was still running and i couldnt change gears the neutral light flashed on and off a little. I have no idea what is wrong with it. If you guys could help me out that would be awesome. sorry i wrote so much
Thanks, Any help is appreciated

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Helmut

· #2 · Jul 7, 2010

Welcome to the forums. I would charge the battery up completely and start it up and use a voltmeter to check the voltage and see what it puts out when running.

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Helmut

· #4 · Jul 8, 2010

rancher238 said:
where do i put the testers? on the battery terminals. It may sound stupid but im learning here.
Thanks

Yes, that's right.

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Helmut

· #10 · Jul 12, 2010

Even if the battery is in the ATV, if the battery drops below a certain voltage, the ES system won't function correctly. So the battery needs to be in and fully charged.

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Helmut

· #12 · Jul 12, 2010

rancher238 said:
If the battery was below that certain amount of voltage would it cuz the atv to temporarily stop running occasionally for 5min or so?

I doubt if it would cause that, or at least I don't think it would. If it's doing that, it sounds like something's getting hot and causing it to quit. I would put a good battery in it and try it first, though, just in case.

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