I was pull starting a 700 this winter in -20F... An etec 800 is going to be heavenly in comparison; no estart for me!

 

It would surprise me if the starter is updated.

 

Living in Northern Manitoba it gets pretty damn cold here in the middle of winter. I've got E-start and never once had a problem starting in temperatures consistently down to -35C. Started up like a charm every time.

 

My 15 Etec with electric start had zero issues starting in -34C one time this winter.

 

I looked up the stock 2015 BC factory battery cca rating and I thought it was 270 CCA but it looks to be 310CCA stock. The best Ski Doo replacement battery in the 2016 parts catalog is rated at 385CCA so if you need more cold cranking amps the better battery might help when replacment is needed.

I did ask the sales guy again yesterday in looking at helmets at St Onge if I heard him correctly and he said the same thing....new 800 starter part number superceeding the old one and its been "improved" and is more "efficient". Either he is full of it or they may be a newer version on the 2016`s as he said.

Good to hear of those -35 starts on the 800`s.

 

Anything below about -25 last winter and I had to use the manual pull start to "loosen" up the motor before the electric start would work on mine. I'm glad that I added pull start but angry it isn't a factory option.

 

Mine will start no matter how cold it is out side,it is in a heated garage. :boxing:

 

I owned a 13 800 etec for 3 years and my primary riding buddy owned an 800 etec for 2 years. Both pull start

They never...ever...started after being left outside in colder than -28c. We both got stranded in cooke city one morning after a lot of powder the day before. Only -17c. Had to get the boys on Polari to go to town and buy us each a fresh plug. We replaced it and they both finally fired after 15 hard pulls.

Under cold conditions they take he-men to pull and if you dont pull hard enough and get it within 3 or 4 pulls it floods.

Skidoo's recoil is a major major design flaw. It is a longazz pull (like rip your rotator cuff long) and it only fires on the last part of the pull. So when cold its waaay too hard. And a slow pull wont generate enough amps to fire the coil or whatever. So then it floods.

Im mad again now typing this. The first thing Skidoo should have done is leave a sled out in -35 and ask a 110lb woman to start it in 3 pulls. When she failed to even turn the engine twice (mostly cause her arms arent long enough) it should have been back to the drawing board

I got e start on my incoming 16. If all else fails i can at least boost and pull at the same time.

Seriously...by the time my buddy totalled his sled this spring he was planning his whole wknds around where he was going to overnight the etec so it would start in the morning.

 

Polaris is a quick short pull with a good placement on the sled. Recoil must have a better mechanical advantage or something cause its way easier to pull.

Also Skidoo recoils just suddenly stop recoiling. On 5 month old sleds. On top of an effing mountain.

 

Polaris is a quick short pull with a good placement on the sled. Recoil must have a better mechanical advantage or something cause its way easier to pull.

It cuz they lose all there compression after the first ride, haha

 

2015 & 2016 Freerides have the same part number on skidoo' online parts database.

Sounds like the dealer is blowing smoke.

 

Also Skidoo recoils just suddenly stop recoiling. On 5 month old sleds. On top of an effing mountain.

^^^ That really made me mad last winter!!! I took mine appart and removed a bunch of the molykote grease they had plastered in there. Sprayed a bit of seafoam to loosen up the remaining grease and now it works great. I couldn't believe how something only 2 months old was already acting up especially considering it was probably only the 10th time using the recoil.