Polaris randomly cutting out for a few seconds

[BFD8]

My '03 Polaris 600 Sportsman has a few issues.  First, if I pop a wheelie, when I come down and hit the throttle I get nothing for a few seconds then it kicks in again and runs fine...the same idea happened a few times on saturday when going through a really rough section it would kinda die, push the throttle and you just get woo woo woo waaaaaa...and off again????  Like the sound effects? 
Also, is this normal, in the front inside of my air box there is a tube and gas (at least that's what it smells like) goes into the air box and after every ride I have opened it, taken the air filter off, cleaned the prefilter, wiped the gas and crud out of the box and put it back together.  I didn't know if maybe these two issues were connected?  Any info would be appreciated. 

[PJ]

Sounds like one in the same problem.... carb....
Your starving the carb for fuel popping wheelies and in the rough sections, what is happening is the float in the carburetor isn't allowing fuel in to bowl and no fuel in the bowl means fuel starvation...
At least thats what it sounds like to me....
Need to look at a few things, fuel lines, filter and float setting in the carb.
There isn't a chance your running on the reserve setting on the fuel valve are you?

Pj

[BFD8]

nope, not on reserve, I'll have to look to be totally sure but I have looked a few times and haven't used it since before you saw it last.  The fuel in the air box can't be good either huh?  It's not a ton, just enough to collect the dust and dirt.  In the tube in the bottom of the air box when I pull the plug it just has some gunk but it's not full of liquid or anything. 

[PJ]

nope, not on reserve, I'll have to look to be totally sure but I have looked a few times and haven't used it since before you saw it last.  The fuel in the air box can't be good either huh?  It's not a ton, just enough to collect the dust and dirt.  In the tube in the bottom of the air box when I pull the plug it just has some gunk but it's not full of liquid or anything. 

The fuel in the air box is simply overflow from your carb most likely... the lines you see in there vent from the carburetor.

[Snotime]

Yep, and the reason they are routed to your airbox is because that helps them pass EPA guidelines. Harleys use a similar system that sends unburnt fuel back through the intake.   What you have in the box is perfectly normal.You could route them to the ground but then you would pollute the pristine wilderness and you would have treehuggers chasing you around the woods in old smoking Volvo's!!

[PJ]

Yep, and the reason they are routed to your airbox is because that helps them pass EPA guidelines. Harleys use a similar system that sends unburnt fuel back through the intake.   What you have in the box is perfectly normal.You could route them to the ground but then you would pollute the pristine wilderness and you would have treehuggers chasing you around the woods in old smoking Volvo's!!

Damn treehuggers....

[BFD8]

Yep, and the reason they are routed to your airbox is because that helps them pass EPA guidelines. Harleys use a similar system that sends unburnt fuel back through the intake.   What you have in the box is perfectly normal.You could route them to the ground but then you would pollute the pristine wilderness and you would have treehuggers chasing you around the woods in old smoking Volvo's!!

Now, I don't care who you are, that's fuunny riieeght there!