Friday 13th

[Fail'o]

Hi All, only my third post on here and must get round to rejoining the club.

Decided a trip out was in order as not been out since june. bit of a nightmare to start with, went to pick me mate up and realised had no brakes on car !!. quick walk to garage, got some fluid and topped up reservoir. few pumps on pedal and all ok. anyway swindon to mudeford seems to be getting further away each trip ,took 2 hours to get there.

put the boat in and had outboard problems , didnt like full throttle at all to begin with after warming up for twenty mins seemed ok so off we went.

dropped the anchor at eastern end of the ledge and had bites from the off, loads of doggies, about 30 + in total. few small huss but only 1 small whiting and massive pout !! biggest ive ever seen reaching nearly 3 pound easily on baited feathers and whole squid bottom baits, must of had about 40 between us.

Had great day out in the end.so good to get out again.

 

[plaicemat]

With regards to your engine problems, I have experienced the same. I don't live a million miles away from you (18 to be precise) and have found that adding the wind chill factor to a cold day, 1) the cooling system freezes up and no water gets through to the tell tale and 2) occassionally the cables freeze which means full throttle does not work until things warm up. Now on cold days I wrap the engine in a blanket for the trip down and give the cables a good 'jiggling' to free them and make sure the rods at the engine end are free before starting.

 

Hope this helps. Good day out though.

 

Terry.

Edited January 14, 2012 by plaicemat

[Graham Nash]

Many would have given up at the first hurdle (especially with a 2 hour drive before you even see water). Well done for persevering and great result (so long as you dont mind doggies )

[Fail'o]

Thanks Guys, will try that next time. dont mind the doggies for a few bites, a fish is a fish to us , beats blanking and we have had a few of them in the past.

thanks once again.

[Coddy]

Ref poor running, depends what engine you have, 2 or 4-stroke.

 

If 2-stoke, if not been used for a while the old fuel evaporates in the carbs and you are left with oily sludge.

 

4-stroke & 2-stroke, old fuel can cause problems, if over 3 months old it looses a lot of its efficency in burning. mix the old with some new fuel but always start it on new fuel.

 

A good service new goes amis for winter running as this is the time when things are likely to breakdown due to extremes in temprature and conditions.

 

Hope the journey home was better.

 

Dave

[Fail'o]

Thanks Dave, think your right. its a 2 stroke and tank was quarter full of fuel since last june so all i did was fill it right up and add the oil mix . lesson learnt.

trouble is where can you dump old fuel ?, not down the drain.

[Maverick Martin]

trouble is where can you dump old fuel ?, not down the drain.

In your car (assuming it' a petrol car that is) the oil in the fuel will not hurt

 

Martin