Can you define your version of excessive fuel??? Outboards are nasty pigs on fuel, they aren't hybrid toyota's! Is it a new motor to you, have you owned it for years and now it's gotten worse?
I have a 16 gallon fuel cell and i probably cannot go 16 or maybe 20 nautical or otherwise on one tank. I've had the motor for 5 or 6 yrs and it's always been hoggish. I just wondered if that was excessive or normal. I know older motors use more than newer ones but I was expecting a couple miles per.
I have a 16 gallon fuel cell and i probably cannot go 16 or maybe 20 nautical or otherwise on one tank. I've had the motor for 5 or 6 yrs and it's always been hoggish. I just wondered if that was excessive or normal. I know older motors use more than newer ones but I was expecting a couple miles per.
I have a slightly older motor. a 1980 115hp Evinrude.
Put a fuel flow meter in cause I like to see those kind of things. Was right at the 10% of hp at between 11 and 12 gph at wot (40mph). Around 3.5 mpg. I can get it to around 4.5 mpg by throttling back to around 32 mph.
How many gas cans do you need to carry just for a weekend at the lake? 
