Posted by mdurki (vaughan@…>)
As I read this you are saying that you get 2 hours per gallon. My
expereince is much more on the order of 4 hours per gallon. ???
— In freedomyachts2003@yahoogroups.com, “Lorman, Alvin J.”
<ajlorman@…> wrote:
Don:
Welcome to the Freedom lovers list.
I have a 1987 F30 as well. I’m not entirely sure of what you mean
when
you say that the fuel gauge is starting to show some red. The
gauge, if
it is the same as mine, is a mechanical gauge that is bolted onto
the
top of the tank. They are, at best, casually accurate. Under the
gauge, there is a vertical metal fitting which holds a float. As
the
fuel level rises and falls, the float rises and falls, which cause a
spring to move the visible gauge. To the best of my knowledge,
they are
not calibrated, so any odd shaped tank does not give a true
reading.Depending on how much you use your engine, there are three
approaches.
The tank, if I recall correctly, is 20 gallons. First, simply
unscrew
the gauge and take the whole assembly to a chandlery and buy a
replacement. Second, it you use the engine a lot, fill the tank
completely, and then keep track of how long the engine is running.
The
engine uses about 1/2 gallon an hour. (I recently helped deliver a
boat
from Newport, RI to Annapolis, MD, mostly under power, and this is
the
method the professional delivery captain used.) If you just use the
engine to get into and out of your slip and such, you can simply
put a
gallon of fuel in every time or every other time you use the boat.
I
never let my gauge get below 1/4 full, but I fill it on the time
used
rather than what the gauge says.Al Lorman
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Subject: [freedomyachts2003] Fuel gauge question?I’m having trouble reading the fuel gauge on my 1987 Freedom 30. I
would appreciate any suggestions from the group regarding some
(simple?) way to determine how much diesel fuel is left in the tank.
The gauge has a flange which is secured to the top of the tank with
a phillips head screw on top of a small cyclindrical housing and
then four hex head bolts around the flange and then a slotted screw
next to the phillips which completes the circle.
On the clear plastic lens which is attached to the flange by two
phillips more head screws is a nut which looks to be situated
between “full” and “empty” indicators. The face of the dial is
beginning to show some red where it once showed “full”.
Can this gauge be removed in order to insert a dipstick? If so, how?
If this question seems too confusing or complicated for the group,
please send a private email to dlynch@…
mailto:dlynch%40unity.edu
This is our first summer sailing “Solitude” out of Blue Hill, Maine
and we are really enjoying it but I still have alot to learn about
her systems beyond her sails.
Thanks in advance for your kind response.
DonDr. Donald Lynch
Associate Professor of Psychology
Unity College-in-Maine
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