"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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Never shut the E-TEC 200 HO off the entire time we were out - four
hours of constant running - idle (600 rpm), trolling (600 rpm), cruise
speed (35 mph @ 4100 rpm) and about six/seven minutes of WOT (54 mph @
5400 rpm). Four house of run time.


4.883 gallons of gas.

That works out to 1.22075 gph.

I don't believe it either, but them's the facts as they say.



It is possible as the E-TEC idles at 0.18 gallons per hour, which means it
has to run over 5 hours just to burn 1 gallon of gasoline. Combined with
cruising to and from the trolling area, you can have remarkable fuel economy
when you average the numbers.

Most folks are amazed at the milage they get with an E-TEC because when you
look at the usage profile stored in the engine's computer, over 50% of the
time the motor is run below 2000 rpm and that consumes very little fuel.

Bill Grannis
service manager