got fuel?

[thefishingfreak]

274 gallons.
she holds 306.
ouch!

[Phestaris]

I was there when the girl was filling her up. She stopped at 100 and was not sure what to do. The manager and I assured her it was not enough! I didn't notice the final tally. My $200 fill up seems good now!

My boat is running pretty good now. I had to dipsose of about 35 gallons of crap fuel.

[179]

Which marina has fuel for $2.29 a gallon? The cheapest I have found is $2.55 a gallon. I've also seen it as high as $2.75 a gallon.

[Team Rock On]

Is that for Super gas? AH had the best price around last year.

[Van]

My marina is 2.45 for premium...

Some places will give you 10 cents off per gallon with a boat-us or west card.

Worked for Beetle the other day. Got him from 2.57 to 2.47...

[BEETLE]

learned important lesson Sunday - make a checklist to follow for both pre-launch and loading.

Got fuel ??? duh

[Van]

Originally posted by BEETLE
learned important lesson Sunday - make a checklist to follow for both pre-launch and loading.

Got fuel ??? duh

And Parking Check List !!!!!!!!
Look Right AND Left.....

[BEETLE]

[thefishingfreak]

thats 93 octane, it's all they carry.'cause the police race boats need it.
2.29 with my ten cents off. they allways have the best prices on fuel.

[wjm]

Ouch.......

[angler management]

I guess that is one good side to towing all the time.

I can hit a local Gas station and get 1.99 before I get to the water.

[gf2020]

Ditto for me!

I towed the boat over to Seabrook, NH for a fill-up at $1.94 a gallon!

["uffah!!"]

Tanked up yesterday @ Ray's Bait shop in Apponaug Cove.
It was $ 2.49.9.

[Phestaris]

2.35 at Mystic in the Boston harbor then if you have see tow 10 cent a gal. off

[banjosail]

Bought a brand new Sea Swirl 18.5 foot with a 115 four stroke Yamaha Last year. I babied the hell out of it using only 26 hours during the whole summer of 2003. I had immediate problems with the fuel gauge which was not showing gas despite my filling it to overflow (on the trailer at alocal gas station).
So I found out that SeaSwirl shippers sent their boats on the long highway trip up north with empty fuel tanks and the sender just a rattling and banging inside the tank. So the dealer said I was not alone in my complaint and when the part finally came in (December) the new fuel sender replaced the old one.
Here is my question:
How do you replace a fuel sender unit? Do you need to pump out the old fuel and then replace the unit? If that is the case, I do believe I have been had.
When I finally took my boat out last week for the first time this year and thought the new sender was malfunctioning because it was reading nearly empty. I called the dealer and he asked if I had topped off my tank. I said I thought he had done this. I remember that there was practically a full tank when I left it for him at the end of the season (because I bought and used some fuel stabilizer to store the boat over the winter months). Anyway, the good news was that the new sender is working after all because I was nearly out of fuel...I went out and "topped it off" with 25 gallons of fuel! The bad news is it cost me fifty dollars plus the loss of the original 25 gallons or so of the original fuel which the dealer must have pumped off to work replacing the sender unit. Unless there is another way of replacing the sender. I sure would like to know where that gas went! I'd like to hear before I go back to the dealer with this.

[thefishingfreak]

i'd say most tanks sending units are right on the top of the tank. easily accessable. most boats nowadays have deck hatches right over the sending unit for easy access.
as to why they took all the fuel out???
who knows,maybey they don't like the idea of working right on top of an open tank of fuel?
maybey soldering or something?
maybey "shop rules" liability or something?
i've changed mine with full tanks,and had no problems.
at least it was only 25 gallons.

[slapshot]

Is there an access hatch for the top of the tank where they could get at the sending unit? If not they might have had to pump the fuel to move the tank to gain access. Just a thought