does my 2018 sx195 low fuel alarm?

[markp]

I was wondering if anyone knows if 19 foot SX195 has a low fuel alarm? if so any details ? when does is go off? how many gallons are left when it does etc? I don't find anything i the manual about it

thanks

 

[212s]

The low fuel alarm on my boat seems to be around 15%. 40 gallon tank in the 19' so 6 gallons or so when it goes off. There may be a 10% reserve in there too, so more like 20%, but that's ok as I don't launch without 50% or more in the tank - never know when we might go for a faster, longer, run and need the fuel. Nothing sucks more than someone saying "let's do this" and I say "we don't have enough fuel"...

 

[Crob83]

The low fuel alarm on my boat seems to be around 15%. 40 gallon tank in the 19' so 6 gallons or so when it goes off. There may be a 10% reserve in there too, so more like 20%, but that's ok as I don't launch without 50% or more in the tank - never know when we might go for a faster, longer, run and need the fuel. Nothing sucks more than someone saying "let's do this" and I say "we don't have enough fuel"...

30 gallon tank if it's an '18

 

[212s]

30 gallon tank if it's an '18

Oh right, they increased the tanks with the larger hull size. My bad.

 

[markp]

yep 2018 30 gal tank and sx195 can drink the gas wide open

 

[Indypup]

Yep 2018 30 gal tank and SX195 can drink the gas wide open

Yep, learned this the hard way on the Ohio River! Thankfully I had a paddle.

 

[itsdgm]

Yep, learned this the hard way on the Ohio River! Thankfully I had a paddle.

Did you have a low fuel alarm going off before it ran out?

 

[Indypup]

Yeah but not long enough. I’m not sure how much gas I had left when then low fuel alarm trigger but I ran out with about 2 miles to go to get back to where Iaunched from. I went up river for 55 miles doing an average of 25 mph. So it was 110 miles trip on 34 gallons and 2 miles of paddling/drifting downstream. Oh and I slowed down to 5mph when I got the alarm. Fastest no wake mode. I was fighting a head wind and the current but trip computer said I was getting 3.5 mpg so I figured it would be close but ok. 34x3.5=119


Maybe my tank wasn’t completely full??? I got some exercise that night lol

 

[FSH 210 Sport]

Yeah but not long enough. I’m not sure how much gas I had left when then low fuel alarm trigger but I ran out with about 2 miles to go to get back to where Iaunched from. I went up river for 55 miles doing an average of 25 mph. So it was 110 miles trip on 34 gallons and 2 miles of paddling/drifting downstream. Oh and I slowed down to 5mph when I got the alarm. Fastest no wake mode. I was fighting a head wind and the current but trip computer said I was getting 3.5 mpg so I figured it would be close but ok. 34x3.5=119


Maybe my tank wasn’t completely full??? I got some exercise that night lol

Unless you reset your trip meter on the connext screen it will record speed / distance while trailering. The fuel used meter is your friend as well, but it has to be reset when you fill up with gas. I find that meter is accurate to within .1 gallon as far as fuel used goes.

The easiest way to see what your mpg is, at least instantaneous is to use the gallons per hour and divide that into the speed you’re driving, 30mph / 10gph =3 mpg. Also, the connext / water wheel speedo can read a bit faster than what gps speed is, not to mention current.

 

[Indypup]

Unless you reset your trip meter on the connext screen it will record speed / distance while trailering. The fuel used meter is your friend as well, but it has to be reset when you fill up with gas. I find that meter is accurate to within .1 gallon as far as fuel used goes.

The easiest way to see what your mpg is, at least instantaneous is to use the gallons per hour and divide that into the speed you’re driving, 30mph / 10gph =3 mpg. Also, the connext / water wheel speedo can read a bit faster than what gps speed is, not to mention current.

Thanks, I didn’t reset anything and now carry a 5 gallon spare fuel tank just in case. I’m just glad I had a paddle with me because there was barge traffic on the river that night and they are like a freight train on the water and don’t stop for anything.