Customer Reviews

Moeller Marine Mechanical Fuel Tank Sender (8" Deep Tanks)

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Although the name of this product is a fuel tank "sender", you must purchase a separate $50 conversion capsule to send it to a remote dial. Not sure why they make you buy a separate dial with the wires on it instead of everything together? $$$$ One good note is that it did come with a gasket and screws.

Another reviewer was bummed because he had to buy a conversion kit to send the fuel level signal to his fuel gauge. Actually, he just bought the wrong type of sender. This unit has a gauge right on it. When installed, there's a direct-read fuel gauge on the tank itself.

And it's called a 'sender' or 'sending unit' because that's what it is. That's the name of the device that reads the fuel level.

At any rate, the quality was better than expected. Much more robust than the unit it replaced. The float is some kind of rubber or plastic, so it won't absorb fuel like the cork floats and sink.

And yes, it does come with the gasket and mounting screws. Nothing else is needed. If your fuel tank is clean and flat around the hole, and your tank screw holes are not stripped and still give a good 'bite' to the screws, no gasket sealer is needed.

These come in different length, so measure your tank depth. If your tank is between available sender sizes, you have a bit of a decision. If you get a sender that's too short, it will be accurate when it reads 'full', but when it reads 'empty, there will still be fuel in the tank.

If you get a sender that's too long, you can bend and straighten out the float arm a bit. Then when it reads 'empty' the tank will be empty. But, when the tank is full, the gauge will show that it is not-quite full.

I chose 'too short' so I have a bit of reserve fuel when it shows 'empty'. In retrospect, that was dumb. I'd rather know exactly how much fuel is left.