Cwalsh7997 Posted May 5, 2015 Report Share Posted May 5, 2015 Hey guys I just wanted to get your opinion because in my F I still have the old fuel gauges and I've looked in my tank before and the fuel looks to be almost at the bottom of the tank but then my gauges read about half full so I'm not sure if I should trust those or not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carusoam Posted May 5, 2015 Report Share Posted May 5, 2015 The way to trust is to first verify... Empty it, then fill it a few gallons at a time. Compare the readings to reality.... What you may be seeing is typical of the geometry of the wing. Getting the FF/totalizer gauge is a great second piece of information. Best regards, -a- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob - S50 Posted May 5, 2015 Report Share Posted May 5, 2015 We have a J and it takes 7 gallons before there is any below the fuel cap. Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dale Logsdon Posted May 5, 2015 Report Share Posted May 5, 2015 Don't rely on your fuel gauges. Make a fuel stick that you can manually check fuel quanity. Made mine from a wooden paint mixing paddle and marked with a Sharpie. I never leave the ground without "sticking" the tanks. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy95W Posted May 5, 2015 Report Share Posted May 5, 2015 Don't rely on your fuel gauges. Make a fuel stick that you can manually check fuel quanity. Made mine from a wooden paint mixing paddle and marked with a Sharpie. I never leave the ground without "sticking" the tanks. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsxrpilot Posted May 6, 2015 Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 Don't rely on your fuel gauges. Make a fuel stick that you can manually check fuel quanity. Made mine from a wooden paint mixing paddle and marked with a Sharpie. I never leave the ground without "sticking" the tanks. The factory fuel gauges are pretty much useless. And I certainly wouldn't take off without positively knowing how much fuel is in the tanks. I kept to about 2.5 hours of range until I got a fuel totalizer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloridaMan Posted May 6, 2015 Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 +1 on the above. The fuel gauges are worse than useless because they can lead you to believe there's fuel in the tank when there isn't. Even if you replaced those with modern digital gauges, you would still have the notoriously unreliable senders in the tank. I would adopt a policy of not flying without your takeoff tank at the 25 gallon tab. My plane has the dial gauges in the tanks and those are pretty accurate, even in flight. I like the confidence they give me to look out the window and know there's fuel in the tank. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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