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2006 450 Sportsman general rebuild

Okiechoctaw

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I recently scored a 450. The oil was thick as mud coolant looked like milk this thing is ruff most the bushing are bad. I've just changed the oil. I will be adjusting the valves next. Any advice on what I should look over or what wear items I should be replacing besides the typical fluids filters and such. I'm new to atvs. At this point I have no idea when the machine had been serviced last. 

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Oddly enough the coolant smells like fuel. I've got the oil changed ill have the radiator flushed here shortly. Id hope the head gasket in go shape luckily I haven't lost any oil since changing. I don't know what they put in this radiator. 

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Maybe its rust and corrosion and just needs a good flush. Chris fix has a great video showing how to do this on a full size vehicle on YouTube. It would be the same process on an ATV. Its just smaller. Here's the video.

 

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