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Location: Kodiak, AK | I'll just post this fwiw. I'm repowering right now, so I'm thinking of upgrading my guage cluster and adding a fuel flow guage. I posted at BBC and a saltwater forum asking about them, and I've gotten more emails from people saying DON'T DO IT! I'd heard all the guys saying how nice they are and how much they help...and they do, I'm not doubting that. But I got emails off the forums because the guys didn't want to start an argument, as I hope I don't do here.
But I heard two things- first that the Yamaha guage pick up at least (don't know about other brands) is prone to the impeller derailing and causing issues, as is it clogging. The other issue that really talked me out of it was a guy who blew an HPDI because (as determined by Yamaha themselves) the meter somehow leaned the motor out and seized it. Now this is all information only passed to me, and not my personal experience, but since I asked the same question, and these are the answers I got, I thought I'd pass them along.
That's not to say they're not good or worth it. I know I've read tons and tons of guys who have and love them and have never had an issue. But I got five emails from guys who'd had issues with fuel flow guages. |
