ehart814
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So yesterday I put about 40 miles on the P5. Met up with my uncle and his friends to ride some trails I'd never been to. We were taking roads to get there - not trailering.
The other buggys were all Polaris, with a Canam thrown in. I don't have to mention that those machines are better road buggies...
Anyhow, I was running the P5 pretty hard in 5th keeping up. They didn't go too fast and leave me behind though. The road speeds were 36 - 38 mph. No issues at all on the way to the trails.
Once we hit the trails, it was all fun. The P5 got plenty of interest. I easily blazed new trails around where the leader got stuck so I could help get him out. He showed us a big mud hole, and I was the only one that attempted it. I got through easy enough, and no one would follow. So I turned around and went back through. haha
So the machine was pretty muddy from that mud hole. I didn't notice a lot of mud on the radiator, but the mud hole had a lot of muddy water and it splashed up over the hood, so I know it got on the radiator.
So on the way home, it was the same 36 - 38 MPH. After a couple miles, I saw the temp gauge climb to 4 bars! Since I have owned it, I had only seen it go to 3 bars briefly and then back to two. Obviously, I was concerned! I was trying to keep up with my uncle, but when the temp went up I slowed down to 32 or so, and that seemed to help. Whenever I would bring the speed back up to 37 or 38, the temp climbed. Most of the trip was slight hills, up and down. No real long climbs. The last couple miles of the trip home was downhill - and the temp dropped down to 2 bars after a half mile or so of downhill. I went about 35 for the whole downhill stretch.
I never noticed a loss of power at any point. Once I finally made it home, I washed the buggy pretty good. Sprayed the radiator and did notice some mud coming out of it, but not a whole lot.
Has anyone else ever gotten their P5 to heat up???
So yesterday I put about 40 miles on the P5. Met up with my uncle and his friends to ride some trails I'd never been to. We were taking roads to get there - not trailering.
The other buggys were all Polaris, with a Canam thrown in. I don't have to mention that those machines are better road buggies...
Anyhow, I was running the P5 pretty hard in 5th keeping up. They didn't go too fast and leave me behind though. The road speeds were 36 - 38 mph. No issues at all on the way to the trails.
Once we hit the trails, it was all fun. The P5 got plenty of interest. I easily blazed new trails around where the leader got stuck so I could help get him out. He showed us a big mud hole, and I was the only one that attempted it. I got through easy enough, and no one would follow. So I turned around and went back through. haha
So the machine was pretty muddy from that mud hole. I didn't notice a lot of mud on the radiator, but the mud hole had a lot of muddy water and it splashed up over the hood, so I know it got on the radiator.
So on the way home, it was the same 36 - 38 MPH. After a couple miles, I saw the temp gauge climb to 4 bars! Since I have owned it, I had only seen it go to 3 bars briefly and then back to two. Obviously, I was concerned! I was trying to keep up with my uncle, but when the temp went up I slowed down to 32 or so, and that seemed to help. Whenever I would bring the speed back up to 37 or 38, the temp climbed. Most of the trip was slight hills, up and down. No real long climbs. The last couple miles of the trip home was downhill - and the temp dropped down to 2 bars after a half mile or so of downhill. I went about 35 for the whole downhill stretch.
I never noticed a loss of power at any point. Once I finally made it home, I washed the buggy pretty good. Sprayed the radiator and did notice some mud coming out of it, but not a whole lot.
Has anyone else ever gotten their P5 to heat up???
