I'm extremely frustrated with my machine. It won't start.

The battery is fine, it has more than a half tank of gas, I cleaned the spark plug and the air filter - all to no avail. Today is the first day I had started it in about 5 months.

Any ideas? Thanks. :-D

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Owner of a 2001 Yamaha Kodiak 4x4.

well what types of noises is it making clicking,not doing anything ect.. also did you try pull starting ot if its electrical

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2003 250 ex [bro's ride]
moose bars, dirt dog tires, nerfs
1997 polaris xplorer 400 [dads]
-winch, plow
2004 kawaski kfx 700 [mine]
-holeshots, dual procircuts ,nerfs , full skids

I forgot to mention that, sorry.

It's cranking, but won't start. The pull start doesn't get it running either.

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Owner of a 2001 Yamaha Kodiak 4x4.

are you getting spark at the spark plug? look at the plug at low lighting and see if it sparks. if it does i would look to see if you ate getting fuel. shot a little starter fluid into the carb and see if that gets it going. 5 months, i would drain the fuel from the tank and carb and add new fuel. i had to clean my carb on my 350 cause it sat for about a year. the carb and some build up and fuel deposits. after i did that can changed the fuel,, it ran great.

Also you might want to check to be sure that the choke is moving. Another thing is that it is not in gear. You could try pulling the left brake to override the neutral start switch just in case something is stuck and it thinks it is in gear.

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05 Yamaha Kodiak 450, Mine
05 Yamaha Kodiak 450, Wife's
We love to go Trail Riding and "ATV Backpacking"

i had the same problem when i tried to start mine after awhile....the float valve was stuck closed in the carb it had varnished gas holding it down so no gas would get to the engine take the carb off then clean it out and check to make sure that the valve is open

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Quads<BR><BR><BR>Yamaha Kodiak 400 2002 Hunter Edition Warn bumper + trail lights, Grizzly 660 front shocks, Warn A2000 Winch + winch upgrade, Full Body Aluminum <BR>Skidplate<BR>Suzuki Lt80 bored .6omm over stock, K&N Airfilter, Chain and Sprocket kit

I think it's something with the carburetor or gas. Today, I sprayed some starting fluid in the air intake, and it fired up, and sounded great.
I'm almost positive there's something wrong with the carb.

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Owner of a 2001 Yamaha Kodiak 4x4.

thats the exact same thing mine was doing i could spray starting fluid into the carb and it would fire up but thats the only thing it would run on like it wasnt getting gas from the main fuel line

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Quads<BR><BR><BR>Yamaha Kodiak 400 2002 Hunter Edition Warn bumper + trail lights, Grizzly 660 front shocks, Warn A2000 Winch + winch upgrade, Full Body Aluminum <BR>Skidplate<BR>Suzuki Lt80 bored .6omm over stock, K&N Airfilter, Chain and Sprocket kit

Did you fix yours? What was the problem?

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Owner of a 2001 Yamaha Kodiak 4x4.

that was the problem... my valve in the carb for the floats was stuck by varnished gas so once i opened that up it started right up just make sure that if you clean your carb not to mess with the idle needle that would be the on bigger screw on the outside bottom of your float bowl cover i made the mistake of doing that and i had to keep pulling my carb to re tune it

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Quads<BR><BR><BR>Yamaha Kodiak 400 2002 Hunter Edition Warn bumper + trail lights, Grizzly 660 front shocks, Warn A2000 Winch + winch upgrade, Full Body Aluminum <BR>Skidplate<BR>Suzuki Lt80 bored .6omm over stock, K&N Airfilter, Chain and Sprocket kit