Based on previous CVT experience with snowmobiles and golf carts, worn belts will do this. My engine isn't lugging.
rtv-xg850 even worse
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OP - did you ever resolve the issue? I hate to say it, but you might want to read through my thread - I'm getting a loss of power and backfiring, too.
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Sidekick RTV-XG850 backfiring / loss of power
I own an RTV-XG850 with ~400 hours on it. It just started having an issue where if I give it full gas, it will backfire and pop and will only accelerate to ~20-22 MPH. It almost feels like governed like when you hit the top end limit ~40 MPH. It seems to idle perfectly fine and if I barely...
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nope, it's still sitting in 4 feet of snow, I'm kind of hoping a tree falls on it so I don't have to look at it poking out anymore, though from what I gathered from trying to start it. it was running extremely lean as it could no longer start with cold dense air unless i litterally snuffed all the air out) so put a AFR gauge in yours as well to see if it is a lean issue because we could probably richen it up with modified ford triton or honda car injectors, my guess personally is the ecm has decided to try and self tune but for whatever reason overdoes its corrections to either extremeOP - did you ever resolve the issue? I hate to say it, but you might want to read through my thread - I'm getting a loss of power and backfiring, too.
Sidekick RTV-XG850 backfiring / loss of power
I own an RTV-XG850 with ~400 hours on it. It just started having an issue where if I give it full gas, it will backfire and pop and will only accelerate to ~20-22 MPH. It almost feels like governed like when you hit the top end limit ~40 MPH. It seems to idle perfectly fine and if I barely...