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Rotax 500 cuts out when warm

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I have a 1998 SkiDoo Summit rotax 500. When the engine gets to running temp it just dies, like hitting a switch. Then when she cools down she starts up again. It just started doing this I tried to start it yesterday, but she wouldn't bite. Pulled the plugs and they were wet so I changed them out. Noticed I was getting a yellow spark not a hot blue one. Took it out today (we just got a ton of snow, deep powder)road for ten minutes lots of power ran like a top then she just died. Was doing about 60 mph in deep snow and I thought I acidentally hit the kill switch it died that fast. Sat there for about 20 minutes waiting for a buddy gave it a pull and she started right up, then just died 10 minutes later. I ended up getting towed home. Any ideas?