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Old 08-09-2021, 08:30 AM
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Originally Posted by JeepsterGlenn View Post
I use a 12” aluminum ruler and lower it into the tank until it touches bottom (top of ruler is still above the tank). The tank measures 8” tall so see where ruler is wet after pulling out of the tank and then wipe it dry with napkin or paper towel. If ruler was wet up to 4”, you have 1/2 tank, if ruler is wet to 2”, you have 1/4 tank, etc.
You never know what you can learn on talk of the villages. I think the really old volks wagons had a dipstick for the fuel tank. For a boat, an outboard with an integral tank you would, or should know, it will run about that long on a full tank. The standard six gallon cans, plastic or the older metal ones, either came with a float type cap that would give you a reading or you could buy one.