We have just acquired a Valliant 5.2 with Johnson 115.
Everything is great but we have a faulty fuel gauge, when turning on the ignition it immediately shows full (but it’s not, I wish!)
I am guessing there is an earth fault somewhere, all other instrumentation is fine.
Anyone know the fuel tank capacity on these Ribs?
We are currently on Park and Launch at West Coast Marine in Pwllheli.
Even if it works, it won’t read accurately. Traditional fuel gauges on RIBs are pointless. Fill it up & use time /distance to calculate remaining fuel.
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Even if it works, it won’t read accurately. Traditional fuel gauges on RIBs are pointless. Fill it up & use time /distance to calculate remaining fuel.
mine works great the sender is the pole type with a ring float over it and although it is only an indication of fuel level its not that far out
From a full tank record the NM you do then see how much fuel is needed to brim the tank again. Over a few runs you'll get a working figure - L/NM o or NM/L you will be comfortable with, but keep a running calculation over time as on ongoing check
I'd also plan to keep a reserve of c. 25-30% in the tank at all times in case it's ever needed.
Happy ribbing
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Ditto what others said about analogue fuel gauges.
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that wouldn't work for me as the tank is under the console and the filler neck is not straight i do know though that it takes over a gallon to start the needle moving from empty we deliberately fitted a sender that the float couldn't reach the base of the tank so even at empty on the gauge theirs a few inches of fuel left in the tank
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