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Post by shalomdawg on Oct 3, 2013 14:38:20 GMT -5
howdy, and that's the same i do for my car as well. just set the odometer back to 000 each time i fill up, then run 300 miles or so and fill again. it gets about 30 mpg so at 300 it takes slightly less than 10 gal. 14 gallon tank so i have about 100 mile range left at 300 miles. i do that on all my scoots as well--150 miles on the 350 gets about 2.5 gal out of 3.5 total---range left about 50 miles.---nevernever trust the guage though i look at it as the tank goes down and can predict whether i'm getting better than average fuel mileage at that point. it gives my puny brain something to do as i'm traveling. i was in a rain storm yesterday and didn't need anything extra to keep the brain busy through the fog---c'mon now it was fog on the visor.
lotsa miles and smiles to ya
ken
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2013 19:35:32 GMT -5
This thread reminds me of the time a group of geniuses were sitting in a diner. They were planning complex moves to move the salt from the salt shaker to the pepper shaker and pepper from the pepper shaker to the salt shaker in the least amount of moves. The waitress overheard and walked over to the table and removed both the salt and pepper lids and swapped them....
Just open the cap and look! Shake the scoot side to side and listen for the sloshing!
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Post by skuttadawg on Oct 3, 2013 23:53:12 GMT -5
My scooter dealer told me during the PDI not to over fill past the line in the middle on the neck under the cap as it could get gas into the vapor canister instead of fumes . The very first night I rode my Magnum I learned how accurate my fuel gauge as I pressed my luck thinking I could make it to a station but had to push it there . Luckily it was less than a 1/4 of a mile . I had some much fun riding my 2T that it did not ruin my bliss . I have not ran out of gas in 20 years since I always keep the tank at full or at least above halfway to be safe . Many of my mopeds and some of my streetbikes did not have a fuel gauge so like ScootWinn suggested I used the trip odometer to try and guess how far I could go . Luckily with a manual valve pecock they had reserve which has saved the day many times as it can allow the very last sip of gas in the tank to be used and often enough to get to a gas station or home most of the time .
My Magnum and my ATM when I filled them up the gauge would go ATW up to the full mark with a turn of the key . My Echarm however is very sloooooooooow for the needle to rise even after riding away from a fill up . It holds two gallons and I learned when it shows in the red that is halfway most of the time and still has a lil bit showing on the gauge . I tried to run it as low as I could and avoid hitting empty since it has EFI . So far the most I have been able to put in it is 4 dollars even as 3 it fills up and this is premium as that is all I will buy .
You can unhook the wire going to the gauge and ground it to the frame with the key turned . It should go ATW to the full mark . If the needle bounces up and down then the sending unit may need replacing . Sometimes the arm on the float may need to be bent but be very careful not to over do it and break it .
If you always fill up right away when you leave your home it will limit the chance of you running out of gas . You can also opt to get a small half gallon gas jug and strap it on to the rack but it can pose a fire hazard in a wreck
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Post by skuttadawg on Oct 4, 2013 0:36:38 GMT -5
I have bought bad gas with water in it when I was riding too far away from my trusted sources . My scooter had been running great and did so ATW home . The next day no start at all . I knew I had gas and made sure the sparkplug wire was on and later pulled it to see if it got fire . I called my scooter dealer since it was newsish and under warranty . He told me they had one with the same issue and after draining out the fuel tank and bowl on the carb and refilling with good gas from a trusted source it fired up . I went to Harbor Freight and bought a siphon pump and drained the bowl into a spare gas jug . I filled up with nonethanoll gas and TADA it was alive again !
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Post by JerryScript on Oct 4, 2013 10:55:02 GMT -5
My scooter doesn't have a trip odometer, so I either need to fix the float (probably the arm was bent during installation, I doubt it gets checked beyond showing a reading in the fatctory, if that), or rely on my dip stick. I'm close to full tank right now, so I won't be pulling the float for a couple days.
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Post by SylvreKat on Oct 5, 2013 15:23:48 GMT -5
Update on my gas tank. Today the needle was at the top of the red dash for E. When I filled up, that 16-gallon tank clicked the pump at 12.61. So I stopped and asked my mechanic. He said it's probably the float(?) and he wouldn't bother to get it fixed, just keep filling up like I've been doing and keep an eye on the trip odo. He also said my thought was correct that running my car empty of gas is a very bad thing to do. Said it could fry my fuel pump, depending on what kind is in there (he didn't bother to look it up) and whether it needs gas to keep cool. And he agreed I could pick up sediment or stuff if I pumped up right after the gas tanker filled the station's tanks. But said it's not real likely that's causing the problem. And said if you pump at the highest speed, it can create air bubbles which rob you of that bit of gas. Probably not a lot, but they do add up. So I learned something new today--pump on the slowest setting. Which means I'll probably be pumping up more often seeing how I dislike standing around waiting, esp with winter thinking of moving in.  >'Kat |
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