F-Ribs And Sibs - Inflatable Boat Community

Update....gearbox oil okay and no sign of anything after running again so suspecting it was unburnt oil and wondering if I did something daft and put too much oil in the mix. Any way all is good.

chris moody wrote: ↑

16 Jul 2018, 20:59

As long as the gearbox only takes a small amount of oil in the bottom hole, before it flows out the top hole, and the gearbox oil isn’t milky, everything is good.

50:1 is fine.

Thanks Chris, I'll check at the weekend.

The launch by the huts is private so you get charged there too but don't know many details of it. At knoll beach I wheel between the huts and over the sand. You can pay to get a code for the gate and use the ramp but with a sib with wheels there's not much point, as was pointed out to me by the guy ...

Only really spent time on tick over while flushing. I'll check the gearbox oil.
I run it on a 50 to 1 mix.

Thanks

chris moody wrote: ↑

16 Jul 2018, 07:36

Is it a 2 stroke or a 4 stroke? Has it been stored upright or on it's side?

Hi Chris

2 stroke. Transported as normal then stored upright as it always is and never seen this before.

There is a slip in Swanage near the lifeboat house, quite steep and about £18 per launch plus parking if I recall. For Old Harry and Swan age I launch off Knoll beach at Studland. Very busy at weekends and holidays with the car park filling up very quickly so get there for 9 as the gates open or you...

Evening
Just discovered a thick black sticky oil has run out of the water outlet hole at the bottom of the leg on my 2005 Johnson overnight.
Doesn't look like gearbox oil and has as slight smell of petrol to it.
Any ideas?

I think the Wrasse were all Balkan. Also plenty of small Pollock looking fish about. Anchoring close in was okay and held no problem but had to watch the flow through the arch and over the rocks when snorkelling. With fins on we have no problem getting back in the boat. Without then just a case of k...

Launched from Knoll beach at Studland, Poole last night for a bit of snorkelling around Old Harry on a high tide and a bit of messing around in the bay. Great conditions with a warm sea.

Thanks Pritch...I have been shopping