Fuel Flow Meter

[Nick Taylor]

Hi All

Im wanting to add a fuel flow meter to my 210. I'm running a Honda 130 4S and would like to get the best out of it. Has anyone used a fuel flow meter? Do they really work? Is there one that I can get to fit in the 2 inch blank hole in my console?

Nick

[OspreyVic]

We had a Floscan 5410-20A-1, with a 0-10 GPH scale for a single engine installed on our 210. It is for all 4-cycle outboards PLUS 2-stroke Ficht, Optimax, and HPDI outboards (76 hp - 150 hp). Some people recommended the Navman, but even Chad Merritt was impressed enough to get a Floscan for his new boat. As to accuracy, the Floscan is normally off less than 1.5% from actual when we fill the tank, and we normally fill the tank when we need somewhere between 25 to 40 gallons.

[jergofish]

I'm using the Lowrance NMEA 2000 system which includes a 337cGPS/Sonar and I added the EP-10 fuel meter module for $49. It's incredible. It not only meters fuel usage it tracks how much fuel is in the tank, how many gallons per trip, how many per season, etc. Best $49 bucks I've ever spent. I also have no complaints about the 337c since, for a small boat like the 215 it's just the right size for the instrument console. I purchased a Navionics chip for the entire west coast, dead on in California and fairly close down here in Baja although when I'm close to the coast it sometimes shows me sailing on dry land!

[Putershark]

Check with your Honda dealer and see if the digital gauge set that has fuel management built in like my 150 has will work? Go the gauge sets on this page to see how they look

http://www.honda-marine.com/accessories.aspx#

This though was a nice upgrade for me on my 190 since I have everything I need in 2 gauges unlike the other engine builder I was considering at the time (Yamaha) would have required the adding of an extra gauge (and about 600 bucks) to have the same functions.