26LX 2021 - Gas Tank 56 Gallons

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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!?!?
 

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