Remote Level Indicators for On-Deck Portable Fuel Tanks

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mtwilling posted 07-06-2009 10:26 PM ET (US)
Our 170 Montauk has an aftermarket fuel tank under the RPS. Is there an easy way to add a dash mounted electric fuel guage? We added a 94-quart cooler behind the RPS for extra storage and it makes it difficult to view the tank. We have a number of family members who use the boat and no one is good at checking the fuel level.
Nauti Tauk posted 07-07-2009 10:52 AM ET (US)
Just be glad it's a boat and not an airplane if "family members" can't or don't check fuel level.....
Whaler_bob posted 07-07-2009 01:56 PM ET (US)
With my plastic tank (Moeller brand) - a simple visual check from either side of the "Z" legs reveals the actual level of the fuel sitting inside the tank. No need for a complicated gauge setup.
GreatBayNH posted 07-07-2009 04:44 PM ET (US)
Here's how I solved that problem on my 2006 Montauk 170.
http://continuouswave.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/014895.html
pglein posted 07-08-2009 05:50 PM ET (US)
Your family members will learn after they run out of fuel a few times.
jimh posted 07-09-2009 08:27 AM ET (US)
I cannot recall any remote electrical fuel tank level indicators being available for a plastic, on-deck portable tank. As several replies have already pointed out, the tank level is often easily deduced by visual inspection of the tank.
You might be able to engineer your own solution by adapting a fuel tank level sensor such as the CENTROID PRODUCTS electronic fuel tank level indicator. See
http://continuouswave.com/ubb/Forum6/HTML/000632.html for more information.
swist posted 07-09-2009 09:29 AM ET (US)
Marine fuel gauge sensors are notoriously inaccurate even on a larger boat with a permanent tank. I can't imagine they'd be any use at all on a small tank on a pitching and yawing small boat.

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Author	Topic: Remote Level Indicators for On-Deck Portable Fuel Tanks
mtwilling	posted 07-06-2009 10:26 PM ET (US) Our 170 Montauk has an aftermarket fuel tank under the RPS. Is there an easy way to add a dash mounted electric fuel guage? We added a 94-quart cooler behind the RPS for extra storage and it makes it difficult to view the tank. We have a number of family members who use the boat and no one is good at checking the fuel level.
Nauti Tauk	posted 07-07-2009 10:52 AM ET (US) Just be glad it's a boat and not an airplane if "family members" can't or don't check fuel level.....
Whaler_bob	posted 07-07-2009 01:56 PM ET (US) With my plastic tank (Moeller brand) - a simple visual check from either side of the "Z" legs reveals the actual level of the fuel sitting inside the tank. No need for a complicated gauge setup.
GreatBayNH	posted 07-07-2009 04:44 PM ET (US) Here's how I solved that problem on my 2006 Montauk 170. http://continuouswave.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/014895.html
pglein	posted 07-08-2009 05:50 PM ET (US) Your family members will learn after they run out of fuel a few times.
jimh	posted 07-09-2009 08:27 AM ET (US) I cannot recall any remote electrical fuel tank level indicators being available for a plastic, on-deck portable tank. As several replies have already pointed out, the tank level is often easily deduced by visual inspection of the tank. You might be able to engineer your own solution by adapting a fuel tank level sensor such as the CENTROID PRODUCTS electronic fuel tank level indicator. See http://continuouswave.com/ubb/Forum6/HTML/000632.html for more information.
swist	posted 07-09-2009 09:29 AM ET (US) Marine fuel gauge sensors are notoriously inaccurate even on a larger boat with a permanent tank. I can't imagine they'd be any use at all on a small tank on a pitching and yawing small boat.