Fuel Management with GARMIN, E-TEC, and ICON Pro
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2018 11:46 am
Last year I installed an I-Command Digital Gauge on my 2010 150 HP E-Tec. When I purchased this gauge it was recommended I also install a Memory Mod (764181) to be able to obtain fuel information. Everything worked fine with real time fuel information and what I most wanted was Fuel remaining so I could monitor how much gas was left in the tank.
At the FLL Boat Show I picked up a new Echo-Map Plus 94sv with a GFS Fuel Sensor. I also saw the Icon Pro Series Tachometer which I really liked and I purchased it also.
On my first trip out with my new GPS and Icon Pro I noticed that the fuel reading on the Garmin was reflecting double my normal fuel use. I have a 60 gal tank and at the end of the day it reflected 30 gals used when I normally only use 13 to 14 gals. To top things off my Icon Pro was reading only 1.7 gph fuel usage at about 1200 rpm. I would push is up to 3500 rpm and the usage was only 1.8 gph. My Garmin reflected 10 gph which I know is quite out of the norm for 150 hp engine.
I called Garmin to ask them what could be the problem and the answer I rcvd was that I had two fuel monitors hooked up to the system and that this was causing the Garmin to reflect almost double the fuel usage! I'm kinda stumped and I'm close to putting the I-Command Gauge back in action. Any suggestions are welcomed. Thanks, Fred
At the FLL Boat Show I picked up a new Echo-Map Plus 94sv with a GFS Fuel Sensor. I also saw the Icon Pro Series Tachometer which I really liked and I purchased it also.
On my first trip out with my new GPS and Icon Pro I noticed that the fuel reading on the Garmin was reflecting double my normal fuel use. I have a 60 gal tank and at the end of the day it reflected 30 gals used when I normally only use 13 to 14 gals. To top things off my Icon Pro was reading only 1.7 gph fuel usage at about 1200 rpm. I would push is up to 3500 rpm and the usage was only 1.8 gph. My Garmin reflected 10 gph which I know is quite out of the norm for 150 hp engine.
I called Garmin to ask them what could be the problem and the answer I rcvd was that I had two fuel monitors hooked up to the system and that this was causing the Garmin to reflect almost double the fuel usage! I'm kinda stumped and I'm close to putting the I-Command Gauge back in action. Any suggestions are welcomed. Thanks, Fred