Transferring Fuel

[Photolomy]

How fast does an 8v71TI engine transfer fuel from one tank to the other, at idle, if I switch the return to the other tank?

[SKYCHENEY]

Fast.

I don't know the answer, but I know when we had our 43DC, we did try to balance a list by transferring fuel from one tank to the other and we always overshot it.

guess: maybe 5 gal/min

[Photolomy]

Thanks. That was the info I was looking for. I was a little low on one tank versus the other and was wondering if I could balance the tanks this way.

[dottieshusband]

Danger, danger Will Robinson! I've used the return lines to balance the tanks...and... I've also run a tank dry by forgetting that I both returns to one tank! That's why I always carry 5 gallons of diesel and a manual priming pump on board. An electric pump would be the way to go. If your boat is like mine, you hold about 1,200 gallons (1186), Split about 650 and 535, and the sight guages aren't terribly accurate...so, just keep them both full.. like we say on the plane... The only time you are carrying too much fuel... is when your on fire!

[Photolomy]

Do you have a link to the manual priming pump?

[dottieshusband]

Do you have a link to the manual priming pump?

I got mine from diesel parts direct in Louisana. It's overkill for what you need. Mine has a pressure gauge, and it's main use it to pressurize the fuel system to find leaking injector jumpers, and other leaks. It works just fine to prime the system as well. But any diesel fuel resistant manual pump, with the right fittings will work

[dottieshusband]

Diesel Parts Direct

[oscarvan]

like we say on the plane... The only time you are carrying too much fuel... is when your on fire!

Or if you're overweight for landing......