Steve,
Fuel gauges ar tricky things, because of the irregular shape of fuel tanks. Our tank (which I'm pretty sure would be like yours) is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom to accommodate the slope of the hull.
A float sitting half-way down my tank would read "1/2 full", but I'd be far less than half full (maybe 1/3?) because most of the volume of the tank is in the top "half", not the bottom "half".
Klaus
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Haislet [mailto:shaislet@speedsite.com]
Sent: August 14, 2002 11:47 AM
To: Schaefer, Klaus
Subject: Re: Fuel Tank Volume
Klaus,
I really only thought we had 8 us gallons. Although I'm not positive I have filled from empty to 3/4 tank several times with 6 gallons.
I usually don't fill all the way due to fact that we don't really cruise but just deliver back to and back from races.
Food for thought.
Steve Haislet
Latest Trick
Pacific Boats, Olson 911S
On 8/14/02 7:57 AM, "Schaefer, Klaus" <Klaus.Schaefer@mercer.com> wrote:
> When we bought our used Pacific Boats-built Olson 911S in 1995, the
broker's
> spec sheet claimed a 15 US gallon fuel tank.
>
> My fuel gauge has never worked, so I record motoring times and use a
simple
> algorithm to convert motoring time to fuel used to keep track of fuel
> remaining (4 hours/gallon in racing trim, and 3 hours/gallon in cruising
> mode).
>
> On a recent delivery, I ran out of fuel when I should have had sufficient
> fuel remaining. Upon measuring the fuel tank and visiting
> http://www.onlineconversion.com/ to do the calculation, it turns out that
> the tank is not 15 US gallons, but only 13 US gallons.
>
> Just passing this tidbit along in case it may apply to any of you.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Klaus Schaefer
> Jersey Girl
> Lake Ontario
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