Cooperation is needed

pkadventures · 01-31-2011, 08:26 PM

Yikes! The suggestion to go off trail seemed a little odd to us as well and you have confirmed that. Like a car, I assume using the sled with the heat gauge in the red zone is a bad idea. The sled is a 2006 Ski Doo GTX that had 50 miles on it when we purchased it, so essentially new (it certainly looks brand new!).

The dealer is a major local player and the folks there have been super nice and good to work with up to this point. So, I want to give them a chance to fix this. Because of our schedule, we will not be able to ride until Saturday at which time we will go right to the dealer if the problem repeats.

Any ideas as to what the issue could be? Thermostat stuck? Automatic sensor that rookies were driving?

Irrigation Guy · 01-31-2011, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by pkadventures

Yikes! The suggestion to go off trail seemed a little odd to us as well and you have confirmed that. Like a car, I assume using the sled with the heat gauge in the red zone is a bad idea. The sled is a 2006 Ski Doo GTX that had 50 miles on it when we purchased it, so essentially new (it certainly looks brand new!).

The dealer is a major local player and the folks there have been super nice and good to work with up to this point. So, I want to give them a chance to fix this. Because of our schedule, we will not be able to ride until Saturday at which time we will go right to the dealer if the problem repeats.

Any ideas as to what the issue could be? Thermostat stuck? Automatic sensor that rookies were driving?

The only thing that you could have been doing was going too slow. If you go really slow they will heat up from lack of snow kicking up on the heat exchangers. The other possible issue wouls be conditions being soo firm that no snow is kicking up, but I don't beleive that was the case yesterday either. Maybe a bubble in the cooling systems needs to be burped out? That occationally happens. There is one very local dealer that is good, and the other not as local dealer has a less steller reputation. Hows that? No names needed.

chipj29 · 02-01-2011, 07:35 AM

My money is on an air bubble in the cooling system.

Oh, and great job on the trails Vitabene. I have not been up that way, but it sounds like people have been out enjoying the fruits of your labor.

SAMIAM · 02-01-2011, 09:21 AM

Moultonborough SNC does a great job grooming...we see them out there day and night,even durring some of the worst storms.The problem as I see it ......and I've met lots of them on the trails.....is the people who treat the trails like a snocross track.Spinning on corners and jumping moguls on the trail.Lots of fun for them but it ruins the trail quickly for other riders and makes a huge job for the groomers.
Those of you who like to get rowdy....why not do it on the lake instead of tearing up the trails for the rest of us??? Thanks

01-31-2011, 08:26 PM	#1
pkadventures Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 11 Thanks: 4 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I was afraid of that... Yikes! The suggestion to go off trail seemed a little odd to us as well and you have confirmed that. Like a car, I assume using the sled with the heat gauge in the red zone is a bad idea. The sled is a 2006 Ski Doo GTX that had 50 miles on it when we purchased it, so essentially new (it certainly looks brand new!). The dealer is a major local player and the folks there have been super nice and good to work with up to this point. So, I want to give them a chance to fix this. Because of our schedule, we will not be able to ride until Saturday at which time we will go right to the dealer if the problem repeats. Any ideas as to what the issue could be? Thermostat stuck? Automatic sensor that rookies were driving?

02-01-2011, 07:35 AM	#3
chipj29 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Bow Posts: 1,874 Thanks: 521 Thanked 308 Times in 162 Posts	My money is on an air bubble in the cooling system. Oh, and great job on the trails Vitabene. I have not been up that way, but it sounds like people have been out enjoying the fruits of your labor. __________________ Getting ready for winter!

02-01-2011, 09:21 AM	#4
SAMIAM Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 2,901 Thanks: 336 Thanked 1,678 Times in 587 Posts	Moultonborough SNC does a great job grooming...we see them out there day and night,even durring some of the worst storms.The problem as I see it ......and I've met lots of them on the trails.....is the people who treat the trails like a snocross track.Spinning on corners and jumping moguls on the trail.Lots of fun for them but it ruins the trail quickly for other riders and makes a huge job for the groomers. Those of you who like to get rowdy....why not do it on the lake instead of tearing up the trails for the rest of us??? Thanks

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