A25 Fuel Tank Overhaul.

[Rumblefish]

Thank you Tribologist! I was just about to order one of everything LOL. Van

[tribologist]

Finally, having tank out & completely empty afforded me the chance upon refilling it to determine exactly how many gallons is in the tank at various gauge levels and how much is in the tank when the guage reads "0", or empty. Spoiler alert, the total capacity is closer to 18 gallons than 20, the practical capacity down to a 4.8 gallon reserve is 13.2 gallons, and +/- 170 NM range at 6.5 kts & 0.5 gph. So I posted this spreadsheet on the dashboard so I'll know exactly how much fuel is in the tank, how much it takes to refill at each gauge reading, and approximate engine hour & NM range I have.

Fuel level spreadsheet.jpg

Now this is funny considering you driving by like 500-1000 gas stations between Phoenix and Buffalo and taking off on Erie with under 1/2 tank. We did Macedon-Tonawanda-Macedon a few weeks ago and had to jerry can fuel to. The guy running the marina in Tonawanda does what he likes and when we arrived he had closed…. We probably could have made it with about 3-4 gal to spare but i dont like to go close to empty. I filled mine from empty and marked up the gage. Current level btw. We are out on Erie this week.