Gas Mileage in 180 Challenger?
#1
Posted 20 March 2008 - 04:06 PM
What type of use have people typically gotten out of a tank of gas?
#2
Posted 09 June 2008 - 09:17 AM
I have not yet had a chance to use my 2007 180 Challenger but will be putting it in the water in two weeks. I have seen contradictory infomation regarding how much gas these boats eat. I have seen a few people write that they can spend half a tank of gas on 4 - 6 hours of use but I just saw something from boattest.com on YouTube that says they only get 3.15 MPG. If that is the case you would only get 2 - 3 hours of use on an entire tank.
What type of use have people typically gotten out of a tank of gas?
Hi Kevin-
I also have an '07 180. We average about 6-8 hours at a time on the water. Usually takes 14-17 gallons to refill afterward.
I installed a fuel flow meter. At full speed, (44 mph by gps), with 4 adults and all the crap my wife insists we bring, it shows 3.8 gallons per hour. But if I throttle back, I can still do about 23 mph, but the flow drops to 2.1 gallons per hour.
Quite a difference. Hope this helps.
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#3
Posted 18 July 2008 - 02:02 PM
#4
Posted 18 July 2008 - 03:04 PM
First post! First boat!! Love this thing!!! We just picked ours up this last weekend (for an INCREDIBLE deal BTW), and we took the Doo out for a spin. I too am quite curious what real-time mileage is and should be. Our initial weekend we were able to get up to 2 hours. Started with a 1/4, added a 1/4 before starting and got on the water. By the end of the trip we got the infamous blow horn warnings (scary, each and every time!), LOW FUEL. With a 28 gal tank, taking half of that (and I am doing a ROUGH estimate), thats 14 gal. In 2 hours? seems a bit off, but these are very early observations I will be following. One more thing that I'm SURE threw off my mileage was a trip of towing a stranded boater from one end of the lake to another. I'm pretty sure that trashed my mileage (PS - what are the recommendations on towing another vessel, before and/or after the break-in period?). I would love to see this post grow with other users experiences.
The SCIC engines have a break in program that increases fuel flow and retards timing for the first 7 hours of operation. Between that and recommended break in procedures 6 to 7 gph is not uncommon. Once its broken in we can confirm the 2.5 to 3.5 gph useage as being normal. With respect to towing with a recreational vessel the common rule of thumb is to never tower a vessel larger or heavier than you. You should not tow a boat during break in, if it is critical and absolutely necessary to do so then vary the RPM's as much as possible. Congratulations on your purchase!
Kevin Seeber
Kingsland Marine
Kingsland Marine
#5
Posted 08 August 2008 - 06:58 PM
I have not yet had a chance to use my 2007 180 Challenger but will be putting it in the water in two weeks. I have seen contradictory infomation regarding how much gas these boats eat. I have seen a few people write that they can spend half a tank of gas on 4 - 6 hours of use but I just saw something from boattest.com on YouTube that says they only get 3.15 MPG. If that is the case you would only get 2 - 3 hours of use on an entire tank.
What type of use have people typically gotten out of a tank of gas?
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