Fuel Gauge ?

[DEWaterfowler]

I recently purchased a used 2100DVCC out of the classified on here and absolutley love the boat, my first Parker. The fuel gauge does not work and I honestly haven't had the time to mess with it too much to see if it's the gauge or the sending unit. Regardless both of the gauges are scratched pretty badly and hard to see so I plan on replacing both to make it more user friendly. The boat is powered by a 1998 Yamaha 200TXRS which runs great but does suck up the gas which I expected. My real question is when replacing the gauges is it worth while to upgrade the gauges to the Command Link gauges and if that's even possible with the 1998 motor or should I just stick with the original replacement gauges. The boat also has a Lowrance HDS8 with some fuel information in the electronics and again I haven't really tried to play around with that part of the HDS8. Any suggestions or help is appreciated.

 

[DaleH]

Can't comment on Yam guages as I don't use them. You can troubleshoot the gauge in 10-minutes using the info from Teleflex Marine as included in this post: viewtopic.php?f=11&t=2312 If you don't feel comfortable checking electrical stuff on a boat, specially involving the fuel tank - then get someone to do it.

For the fuel sender, do a search on 'WEMA' by poster 'CBIGMA' and put one of them in.

For fuel economy, 1st read the sticky posts in the OB/Power forums on making sure you have the right prop installed and have the motor set at the right height. I'd venture a guess that 60-80% of the boats of ALL brands aren't set up perfectly.

But also limit your RPMs to 4200 for that motor to get the best efficiency out of it and ensure you trim the OB out whilst planning ... just remember you WILL need to trim her down and in to take a tight turn.

No idea on that Lowrance gizmo, but you'd need a fuel transducer ($85) to get any mpg info.

 

[DEWaterfowler]

Thanks Dale. I've been boating for 30 years but mostly in smaller boats. Can't believe the amount of information on this forum, been reading alot of the stickies and doing searches, tons of great information.