Well My neighbor came over to have a look see and I told hime about the Mouse nest and the wasp nest in theair intake tube and he I asked me if it would start and I said I didnt know but it would not so He went to take the battery cover off and the Top bolt would not come out But I manage to hold up on the cover and he put the battery cables on and hooked them up to my truck battery(not running ) and we jumped it off and he said hold on a bit and he drove across the road to his shop and came back and said that he hade blown it out with an air hose at his shop.
We then filled the Coolant reservoir halfway between the 2 marks in the reservoir with water and with him driving we drove about Half a quarter and Back about 8 times at 38-39 MPH and it did not run hot nor have any problem shifting.
It did have 7 or 8 times that it hesitated which we figured was Probably from year old ethanol gas that has just been sitting in the machine and mixing with the Non Ethanol gas he had recomended to use and I had already put in the tank.
He also reccomended to keep a Product called Sta Bil in the tank which I have not picked up yet.And to change the fuel filter.
The tank was at the first level on the fuel gauge when I filled it up the rest of the way to full .
I am going to get a new battery ,I called the local Honda Dealership and asked the price for a Battery and they told me a 140 bucks plus change.
I checked at Walmart.com and I can buy one for 50 bucks.
I also noticed after the High speed driving (for a 500 Pioneer at 39 MPH)that the temprature Display was showing the Second Mark.
So I guess my questions would be
How do I remove the top bolt on the battery cover ?
Where should I check for coolant leaks ?
Any Issues or potential issues with buying a Battery from Walmart.com?
Is the second Mark on the temprature Gauge "Normal for that speed" and duration ?
I assume that driving it a full blast down a road is not good for it so what speed would be considered safe for the engine?
By the way I checked the Hours on the Machine and it is showing only 54.4 Hours with 47 hours till the Wrench
And 64 Mile with 536 mile till the wrench.
(I had a nice guy explain to me how to interpret the display.)
So I do not have near as many hours nor Miles on the machine as I originally thought.
Thanks to the cheep as design on the battery box bolt by some engineers to save Honda 13 cents you have a retainer clip spinning, will have to get something on it like vice grips to hold it in place while you undo it from the 300 ft lbs gorilla tighter on the assembly line.
@lee should be intimate with this maybe he can shed some experience on this.
If you don't have physical dripping of coolant on a paved surface while running at operating temps, your low coolant was likely from overheating when you were running it with rodent condos in place.
Two bars is normal temps on Honda sxs gauges.
Running32 -35 mph approximately is a good cruising speed on the P500
hondasxs.com
