Thread: Fuel Tanks
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Old 11-27-2011, 01:16 PM   #7
Nomad Willy
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RE: Fuel Tanks

Willy has a aluminum pipe plug in a hole on top of the tank. There's a small piece of floor that comes up to expose the plug. I unscrew the plug and insert a hardwood dip stick into the hole *..pull it*out slowly and observe the fuel level. When I bought the boat I was disappointed it did'nt have gauges but the dip stick works fine and if I was to build the boat new I'd change a lot of things *..but not the dipstick. The boat burns 1 gph and has 100 gallon capacity so I do'nt check the fuel often. My fuel source is 50 miles away (Ketchikan) and I usually top of when we go there. Hardly ever have any water at all in the tanks and am not very worried about water condensation but I do have a water extractor that removes even a drop of water.*
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