Gas Gauge

[greg plunkett]

I ran my 2011 Z6 all weekend long and the gas gauge finally got to a 1/4 tank where the shaded area is. Went to fill up and it only held 11 gallons. it has a 26 gallon tank on it and i think that the gauge is way off. running tournaments i dont want to worry about running out of gas. has anyone else had this prob and also how do you fix it.

 

[LEIGH MIDDLETON]

What is a good estimate of an 8 hour tournament? How many gallons would you estimate are used on lets say worse case scenerio where you`re moving around quite a bit.

 

[Texas Transplant]

I have changed out the 'gas sending unit' before in my Stratos. Not hard to do. If you think that is what the problem is, just order the part(s) and change it out. Mine got much better, but I never trusted it completely - either. :unsure:



And if you decide to change out the sending unit items, I would certainly at the same time consider changing out the actual 'guage' on your console - if you have any doubts about it at all.



Tex

 

[greg plunkett]

it just seems to be way off , i have only had the boat in the water 5 times. I have not fished any tourneys yet but would like to know that i have enough gas or not to make a run. It just makes me a little angry being a brand new boat.

 

[Texas Transplant]

Ah. If it's a brand new boat, then the dealer should fix it. It likely just needs an adjustment. Depending upon where the tank is (how accessible), it's generally not that difficult to do.



Tex

 

[THOMMO59]

Greg,

My 2011 Z6 guage only showed 1/4 after I had put abot 20 gallons in and I was getting concerned. Under the middle seat is your sender, easy to take out but isolate your battery first. When you take it out, pop the 2 wires back on and reconnect your battery. Slowly move the float on the sender up and down and watch your guage react. The arm on the sender is wire and when the tank is empty, the float should at the bottom but a bees dick from actually hitting the bottom of the tank. Then the opposite at full, the sender float should read full before it hits the top of the tank.

Just carefully bend the wire arm to suit the depth.

Hope this helps.

 

[greg plunkett]

so what your saying is i can adjust the float by bending a wire? I will look into that when its gets low of fuel again. thanks

How easy is the middle seat to remove?

 

[THOMMO59]

The middle seat opens up exactly the same as the other 2, it just doesnt have the little pull loop bit. Yes, you can adjust the float arm by bending it, its about a 1/16" peice of wire and very easy to manipulate.

But as mention, disconnect the battery before playing, you don't want any sparks!!!

 

[THOMMO59]

Hey Greg,

I just pulled my sender out again to do some fine tuning before the weekend and I measured this time. Its takes lots of fuel to reach 1/4 full and in my case, the tank is 13 and 1/4" deep but the float only hangs down 11" so I always have 2 and 1/4" of fuel when my gauge says empty. You can't make it longer by bending so whats effectively happening, when your guage shows 1/4 full, its risen roughly 25% so now at 1/4 full you have approx 9 to 10 gallons on board.



The tank is 26 gallons approx 2 gallons per inch deep (13")



I guess the worst scenario is I should never actually run out if I use my gauge.

 

[greg plunkett]

interesting. . so did you get it adjusted good this time? im going to have to look into adjusting mine so its not as far off. thanks for measuring, that is alot of fuel to be showing 1/4 full. i knew something was wrong when i filled up when it was on the shaded area and it held 11 gallons, im going to try this to see if i can get it closer to being right , again thanks

 

[THOMMO59]

It was about as close as I think I can get it. I bent mine up a little so full is accurate but I know that at quarter it's still way out.