surveyingdawg Posted July 15, 2023 Report Share Posted July 15, 2023 Just found out the hard way my 2600 only has 58 gallons usable. I've never run more than 50 out of it so I would have never known. Check my Yamaha gauge every time I put gas in it and it's alway within 5%. Anyone else ever known of this issue? Is my pickup in the wrong position? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Posted July 16, 2023 Report Share Posted July 16, 2023 Haven’t heard of this before, but it’s not good ! Check with your local dealer and see how they would diagnose this. I have heard of excess sealant dropping into the tank and getting in the pickup tube. This shuts down the motor. Anybody else MM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surveyingdawg Posted July 16, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2023 Unfortunately I purchased boat used and really don't have a local dealer. I'm going to reach out to factory in the morning. From what folks have told me though, it's not likely to garner much sympathy from new management. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator Posted July 17, 2023 Report Share Posted July 17, 2023 I get that. But what I was told is that getting eyes on the boat sooner takes far less time to diagnose an issue than talking to people who can’t see the boat at the factory. Small businesses have that old guy who knows everything about the fuel tanks and the problems they have seen. If your boat is out of warranty, the members here have lots of experience if they see this question.. You can post the question in the General section and have more eyes see it.. Put in your locale in case a member has a great boat shop that can solve the problem.. I had the primary lift fuel pump go bad on an F300 from ethanol and it seemed like I ran out of gas.. I primed it back up and it ran for a bit.. Others have had squeeze balls go bad and leak air, and anti-siphon valves fail. There’s some other things that may be in play. Only a good tech can isolate and fix. Nobody on the phone can identify the problem and bring your confidence back. Good luck and please share the solution !! Mod Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surveyingdawg Posted July 19, 2023 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2023 Very good points. I'm going to pull inspection plate and check pick up after I run this tank low. Thanks for the advice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Seither Posted July 19, 2023 Report Share Posted July 19, 2023 The newer boats with carbon canisters are finicky to fill and require spoon feeding the fuel to top off or at least my 2300 is this way, I can usually fit another 6 to 8 gallons by slowing the flow down when filling and repeat till topped off. Inspect the pickup and lines but could be a filling issue. Hope it help's 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redzone1 Posted July 19, 2023 Report Share Posted July 19, 2023 X2 what George said. My 2018 2400 TRS takes forever to fill up. Takes 10 minutes to put the last 10 gallons in. The handle will click off like it is full, but it’s not. I bet this is your problem. You may have thought it was full last time fueled up, but maybe it really wasn’t. I have to get in the boat and hold the nozzle completely out of the fill port and just let the gas trickle in until I can see the gas is full near the top. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redzone1 Posted July 19, 2023 Report Share Posted July 19, 2023 Also I’ve never heard of any of model MBG boats having a problem not picking up all of the fuel in the tank. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanaflatsfish Posted July 19, 2023 Report Share Posted July 19, 2023 56 minutes ago, redzone1 said: Also I’ve never heard of any of model MBG boats having a problem not picking up all of the fuel in the tank. Ditto..... DC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanaflatsfish Posted July 19, 2023 Report Share Posted July 19, 2023 OP: Here is what I would suggest: 1.) open the fuel access and get a read on the tank information....every tank should have the manufacturer and the tank size in gallons 2.) validate this with the factory - send them the VIN # and they will have the make, model, and manufacturer of the tank....most likely TNT 3.) depending on the original owner, it might only be a 60 gallon tank....my HPS is only 60...which gives me about 180 mile total range....@ 3.0 mpg 4.) I know you don't want to hear this one, but, next time you fill, put a small brick under the tire and lift the boat off the hitch as high as you can...this will insure that the fill tube is at the top of the tank 5.) check you over fill tube...take off the top or blow some air into the tube to be sure there not a wasp or other insect blocking it Report back please for others.... dc 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanaflatsfish Posted July 19, 2023 Report Share Posted July 19, 2023 1 hour ago, George Seither said: The newer boats with carbon canisters are finicky to fill and require spoon feeding the fuel to top off or at least my 2300 is this way, I can usually fit another 6 to 8 gallons by slowing the flow down when filling and repeat till topped off. Inspect the pickup and lines but could be a filling issue. Hope it help's Yep... dc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Seither Posted July 19, 2023 Report Share Posted July 19, 2023 Lower dolly wheel on trailer and raise bow , trailer level on truck bow down a slight amount in my case, don’t forget to raise dolly wheel!!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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