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Maverick Martin
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Such bad luck !! It's hard to believe that something so little used can be that badly made \ faulty !!

 

Knowing how you appreciate quality, I'm sure that when you do resolve what to do Martin.......it will be done properly, then will work as it should ... for many years to come.

 

Good luck in getting sorted for May............may the force be with you!!

 

Cheers,

 

Alun.

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What a Bummer!

Sorry to hear the news Martin

 

Must be like being between a rock and a hard place .

 

General Consensus on the web indicates that Steyr engines are pretty tough but I can understand your reluctance to go down that route again.

 

Dont envy you making a decision.

 

Hope it all goes smoothly anyway and AWOL gets run in and ready for the Alderney Trip

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Martin did they do a compression test if not the blue smoke could be from the turbo

 

letting oil pass into the cylinders white smoke could just be a slight air leak

 

they should know but I wouldnot trust them

 

mark w

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Bad luck Martin.

 

Have they told you it's scrap having established what the problem is, or are they stumped and have just given up without finding the cause?

 

With the engine problems I am having with Osprey, I am wondering if you can trust any of these "experts". Terrible generalisation, I know, but it does make you lose confidence.

 

Hope you get better luck soon

Martyn

 

 

 

 

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  • 2 weeks later...

Well the new engine left Austria on Monday and should arrive at Mermaid Marine on Friday.

 

Mermaid has scheduled in Monday to fit the new engine and PMS are hopefully fitting the leg on Wednesday. If all this goes to plan then sea trials will take place on Thursday allowing us to depart for Alderney on Friday or maybe very early Saturday.

 

Knowing my luck something is bound to go wrong

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Tight Lines guys!

 

(or break a leg)

 

Or just.............. bloody good luck chaps!!

 

'Otter's' engine on the bench at the mo.......... huh.gif

 

DPE being fitted and a great big engine shake up .........down & sort out blink.gif

 

See you all on the tide soon

 

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Good luck chaps

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Fingers crossed mate!

 

You wont get a newer engine to do the crossing with!

 

If it helps at all (prob not) but Salterns / PMS are due to replace a trim sender on ours next week - if they are getting tight, we would be happy to wait until we get back and let you take their time for yours?

 

Adam

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Hope it all goes well Martin.

 

I can understand the frustration. Mine's still not sorted, but that's nothing compared to the problems you've had. weep.gif

 

Still, a couple of Alderney grand slams will soon get you smiling! biggrin.gif

 

Martyn

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