On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:16:53 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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Just a side question regarding fuel burn.

The old Whaler I recently purchased has a 25 hp Johnson on it. I *think*
(but am not sure) it's a 1993 engine. It looks very, very similar to the
little Johnson you had on the boat you just sold (Princecraft?).

Anyway, I had forgotten how fuel hungry the old 2 strokes are. 90 percent
of the time I am just putt-putting around the harbor with an occasional and
brief WOT run just to clear the carbs. I have a six gallon fuel tank and
I've already used more fuel in this boat than I have all summer on the GB.
Any idea what the fuel burn rate is with this engine? It *has* to be quite
high, even at trolling speeds

Mine was pretty good on fuel. I always ran it WOT to where I wanted
to go - somewhere around 2 GPH I think - can't remember and it was a
limited sample - I didn't have a lot of hours on the engine and it was
always short runs on small lakes - never more than 10/15 minutes at a
time.

To tell the truth, I never did an extended run on it.