26LX 2021 - Gas Tank 56 Gallons

[LaurencetheAdventurer]

Use forum advice: I opened the hatch to look at my gas tank: it's marked 56 gallons. The night before we ran about 6 miles with a ZERO gallon reading on my Simrad (I was calm, the cooler was still well supplied and I had a Boat Tow service). The next morning I was able to fill it with 54.8 gallons and could see a bit of fluid at the bottom of the tank prior to filling. The gas was pushed up to the top when filled (darker area on picture, I believe the little square metal thing is the sensor). I spent almost an hour trying to get the SIMRAD recalibrated - no luck...guess I will have to use instructions...LOL. Or, maybe, having a 6 gallon "reserve" is a good thing!?!?

 

[jcr159]

that sounds... not pleasant... but, a full cooler and a tow might be fun!

it would be like a terrible tube ride, but more like floating on the river with a beer...

 

[big shooter]

Wow, big brass buoys! All in the name of research

 

[Vikingstaff]

I’d leave it alone as a safety reserve myself. On that size fuel tank, a 6 gallon emergency reserve of fuel would simply make me feel better when out on the water. That said, I have always been a fuel level worried kind of person. Not sure why.

My smaller tank has a 10% reserve that doesn‘t register on gauges. I like knowing that I have a margin of error in that regard.

 

[Michiman]

Yeah, given how you use your Benny, I’d stick with the reserve, tow boat or not. You just might find yourself with an EMPTY cooler sometime.

 

[Vikingstaff]

Empty cooler sometime Careful!

 

[BigKahuna]

We had a 52 gallon tank on our Benny I/O. Once it hit a 1/4 tank we started looking to fill up somewhere. Because our gauge used to fluctuate big time on that boat. But we realized that 1/4 tank meant we had around 13 gallons left. I know 1 thing..... We wasn't going to run out of gas!!!

 

[Trippernsc]

We have the 56 on our 22 Q. I can fill it until the tank will take no more, and run 10 gallons out before the simrad drops below 100%. It bugged me at first, but now that I know what it means no problem. Last time it said 25% remaining I was able to put about 40 gallons in it, so I think the low side is registering pretty close. To recalibrate the simrad it seems you need a completely empty tank and I don't want to do that.

 

[BigD]

We have the 56 on our 22 Q. I can fill it until the tank will take no more, and run 10 gallons out before the simrad drops below 100%. It bugged me at first, but now that I know what it means no problem. Last time it said 25% remaining I was able to put about 40 gallons in it, so I think the low side is registering pretty close. To recalibrate the simrad it seems you need a completely empty tank and I don't want to do that.

Yes. Calibration is completely empty, then completely full. I'll stick with the analog gauge, but when it gets 1/4 full, I'm lookin for gas now.

 

[tinkertoy]

If you want to run it completely out, just carry 5 or 10 gals with you in containers.