Thank you that is great information. I am in the process of ordering a 248 and would like to know more about your led light package. I haven’t been able to find any videos on it. If you have any pros or cons about the boat that would be helpful.
Hey Phillip, The LED lights are just the standard ones in the t-top. Basically you have two red LEDs and the rest are blue. Flip the switch up and blue comes on for while you're docked (bugs don't like blue as much as the red), down red comes on to preserve night vision. I've loved the 248, haven't had any major issues that would sway me away from purchasing another one if I had to do it over again!
I have a Sea Pro 239, whenever i get gas i just enter the amount into the C10 guage and it transfers into the SIMRAD after a few secs, my issue is no matter how low i get, which i normally never run less than half, my fuel percentage is always at 99-100%
What you describe sounds like your Simrad is displaying the float level sensor and NOT the calculated fuel burn sensor. There are two ways to monitor the fuel tank shown on the video, and you're looking at the float level one. My guess is that it shows 100% because your dealer did not calibrate it correctly when the boat was delivered, or the C10 has been reset.
I took my 2021 208 to the pump and filled it up until gas came out. I did this twice bc I didn’t think it was full. I ended up running out of gas. I don’t know if it is just the Sea Pro, but the non ethanol gas pumps I use seem to flood the down pipe, or how ever you want to word it. It gurgles a few times and ends up spilling out. This is problematic bc I honestly don’t know how to ever determine if I have a full tank. Most of the time I resort to getting five gallon fuel tanks and filling them up first. Is it a problem to fill it up all the way to the tippy top?
It's not, although I think what you're experiencing is related to a sealed instead of a vented gas tank. This is a requirement on new boats, so it happens to all models. It also nearly eliminates the issues with water in fuel that you see in vented fuel tanks. I never use ethanol free in my 2017 248 and I've never had any issues. I would recommend letting the gas "settle" and suck in air to balance the tank for a minute, then continue to fill. Some have reported having better luck when they wrap the nozzle in a shop rag as well. If you pop the cap and listen, you can hear it sucking in air. Don't start filling until that's done.
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Thank you that is great information. I am in the process of ordering a 248 and would like to know more about your led light package. I haven’t been able to find any videos on it. If you have any pros or cons about the boat that would be helpful.
Hey Phillip,
The LED lights are just the standard ones in the t-top. Basically you have two red LEDs and the rest are blue. Flip the switch up and blue comes on for while you're docked (bugs don't like blue as much as the red), down red comes on to preserve night vision.
I've loved the 248, haven't had any major issues that would sway me away from purchasing another one if I had to do it over again!
I have a Sea Pro 239, whenever i get gas i just enter the amount into the C10 guage and it transfers into the SIMRAD after a few secs, my issue is no matter how low i get, which i normally never run less than half, my fuel percentage is always at 99-100%
What you describe sounds like your Simrad is displaying the float level sensor and NOT the calculated fuel burn sensor. There are two ways to monitor the fuel tank shown on the video, and you're looking at the float level one.
My guess is that it shows 100% because your dealer did not calibrate it correctly when the boat was delivered, or the C10 has been reset.
I took my 2021 208 to the pump and filled it up until gas came out. I did this twice bc I didn’t think it was full. I ended up running out of gas. I don’t know if it is just the Sea Pro, but the non ethanol gas pumps I use seem to flood the down pipe, or how ever you want to word it. It gurgles a few times and ends up spilling out. This is problematic bc I honestly don’t know how to ever determine if I have a full tank. Most of the time I resort to getting five gallon fuel tanks and filling them up first. Is it a problem to fill it up all the way to the tippy top?
It's not, although I think what you're experiencing is related to a sealed instead of a vented gas tank. This is a requirement on new boats, so it happens to all models. It also nearly eliminates the issues with water in fuel that you see in vented fuel tanks. I never use ethanol free in my 2017 248 and I've never had any issues.
I would recommend letting the gas "settle" and suck in air to balance the tank for a minute, then continue to fill. Some have reported having better luck when they wrap the nozzle in a shop rag as well.
If you pop the cap and listen, you can hear it sucking in air. Don't start filling until that's done.