almostenuff
Member
- Sep 18, 2010
- 477
- Boat Info
- 2005 Sea Ray 390 Sundancer
2002 SeaSwirl 2301 WA
- Engines
- T-380 Cummins
F225 Yamaha
Fuel quandary
So, today was Day 1 of the Illinois to Florida boat move. Besides the challenges of waking up to 200' vis in dense fog and full trees in the channel, I have a fuel quandary. After running from Peoria, IL to Alton, IL-I found my Starboard fuel gauge reading only 35.6 gals of fuel, while my Port gauge was showing 49.7 (even though the fuel burn on the port engine was running slightly (.3) higher. So, I fuel up at Alton and Starboard tank takes 87.07 gals and the Port takes 87.02 (ran genny for a couple of hours). I thought the Starboard gauge was reading incorrectly, but now I believe that I've deduced that ACTUALLY, the Port was showing too much. Cmon Sea Ray detectives...get to work and help me solve this crime.
So, today was Day 1 of the Illinois to Florida boat move. Besides the challenges of waking up to 200' vis in dense fog and full trees in the channel, I have a fuel quandary. After running from Peoria, IL to Alton, IL-I found my Starboard fuel gauge reading only 35.6 gals of fuel, while my Port gauge was showing 49.7 (even though the fuel burn on the port engine was running slightly (.3) higher. So, I fuel up at Alton and Starboard tank takes 87.07 gals and the Port takes 87.02 (ran genny for a couple of hours). I thought the Starboard gauge was reading incorrectly, but now I believe that I've deduced that ACTUALLY, the Port was showing too much. Cmon Sea Ray detectives...get to work and help me solve this crime.