Little concerned about gas gauge - 6.1 hr, gauge shows full tank

[JOHNTHOMAS]

You need to always buy from a local dealer and never consider the internet dealers.

 

[Usta]

I have no faith what so ever in the fuel gauge on my BX2660.
Towards the end of a long day, I remove the fuel tank cap and see the fuel level. Seems like I do not need to think about fuel for at least 9 hours.
I always top off the tank after every use to help stop condensation so I do not pay much attention to the gauge.

 

[LostInTheWoods]

You need to always buy from a local dealer and never consider the internet dealers.

LOL...took me a minute, but now I get it.

 

[mantis]

LOL. My bx2660 gauge is a complete joke. After about 4 hours it will still show full, another hour it will be at 3/4, another hour and it is back to full. :laughing:

I just fill it every time I use it, and call it good.

 

[actionaj]

The fuel gauge on 2350 seems to be fairly accurate. I always fill it up when it hits the 1/4 tank mark and usually take about five gallons to fill it up. So I would think that it is accurate being the tank holds 6.6 gallons.

 

[CHDinCT]

I'm not surprised your gauge is still reading full. If you are not running close to wide open, the little BX1860 is outstanding on fuel usage. I have just under 100 hours on mine and I've used 5 or 6 five gallon tank fulls in that time yielding between 3 and 4 hours per gallon. Most of the time I run at 2,000 to 2,500 rpm for tooling around or light loader work. If you do a lot of mowing at WOT, expect half that efficiency.

My guage will stay at full for many hours before dropping, then it will drop more uniformly. I think it has something to do with the shape of the tank. I don't think it's terribly accurate between full and 1/4 tank give or take. It will show less than full when on a slope, then come back up once on level ground; again due to oddly shaped tank I assume.

My guess is your fuel gauge is not broken but suffers from the usual flakiness. That and your lack of exposure to how efficient these little diesel beast are.

 

[smokey_truck]

I'm not surprised your gauge is still reading full. If you are not running close to wide open, the little BX1860 is outstanding on fuel usage. I have just under 100 hours on mine and I've used 5 or 6 five gallon tank fulls in that time yielding between 3 and 4 hours per gallon. Most of the time I run at 2,000 to 2,500 rpm for tooling around or light loader work. If you do a lot of mowing at WOT, expect half that efficiency.

My guage will stay at full for many hours before dropping, then it will drop more uniformly. I think it has something to do with the shape of the tank. I don't think it's terribly accurate between full and 1/4 tank give or take. It will show less than full when on a slope, then come back up once on level ground; again due to oddly shaped tank I assume.

My guess is your fuel gauge is not broken but suffers from the usual flakiness. That and your lack of exposure to how efficient these little diesel beast are.

I never went beyond 2300 rpm and you said 3 to 4 hr per gallon, I saw people said 1/2 gallon per hr, well not sure but surely it does look flaky and I am the kind of guy when you put 13k on it, I expect it to work atleast gas gauage and gas guages have been around for what 70 years now and it requires little or no reasearch anymore. Worst thing for the farm tractor to be stuck without gas far in the field. I will see how this guy fixes it up. My neighbour has BX1500 and his gas guage is fairly accurate.

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

I never went beyond 2300 rpm and you said 3 to 4 hr per gallon, I saw people said 1/2 gallon per hr, well not sure but surely it does look flaky and I am the kind of guy when you put 13k on it, I expect it to work atleast gas gauage and gas guages have been around for what 70 years now and it requires little or no reasearch anymore. Worst thing for the farm tractor to be stuck without gas far in the field. I will see how this guy fixes it up. My neighbour has BX1500 and his gas guage is fairly accurate.

OK enough with the GAS or you better not be using gas. It's diesel fuel or just fuel for short. Maybe you are using gas and maybe it gets better time than diesel!:thumbsup:

 

[rlsmith]

My 6 yr old BX23 gets around 10 to 14 hours on a tank of fuel and the tank is 5 gals. I run mine at 1/2 to 3/4 most of the time or full when mowing with the . rotary cutter. On my machine when I get to 1/4 I refill and it takes around 4ish gal, cause I have sucked air when not on level ground.

 

[Tractor Factor]

Good timing for this post. The gauge on my BX25 has been consistently accurate for a year and a half...until yesterday. Full tank +6 hours digging stumps yesterday and it reads full. Not normal behavior for this gauge at all. Just turned 115 hours. Guess I'll look into it when I get some time. Doesn't really bother me, but for what these things cost, it would be nice if everything did what it was supposed to.