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On my Skeeter SS90 my gas needle is staying at the full indication. When I pull a wire off of the sending unit in the top of the tank the needle will fall probably due to lack of current. I only have one tank so it cant be a switch. Any suggestions on things i may check out myself before having to take it to the shop. I am just finishing up restoring the boat so I dont know for sure if the gauge woked before. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
My first guess would be a bad sending unit. You should be able to remove the sender yourself. The sender is nothing more than mechanical lever with a float and a variable resistor. The float lever could be stuck or the resistor is bad.
Here's a link to the Teleflex troubleshooting page. Scroll down to "Fuel System" and it should give you everything you need to test it out...
http://www.teleflexmarine.com/...=1047
I'm having a different kind of problem with the gas guage on my '07 SL210. It goes down way fast when running across the water! Man, does this thing fly. My second "bass" boat, first was a 16' T&S Rebel fiberglass w/90 hp Force. The 200HPDI on the SL is an awesome motor, quiet and powerful.
The wife and I are in Alabama on Lake Martin. Came down just to get the 10 hr break in on the motor, and we succeeded. Had a blast, caught a few fish, and got away from the daily grind for a few. Headed back home tomorrow.
Good luck in finding your problem. I think I know what my problem is, and there is no fix for it!! <G>
Jeff
Sounds like the fix to your problem might be DEEP poctkets. http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/Laugh.gif