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Just a reminder for anyone marking a dipstick. The fuel pickup pipe should be above the bottom of the tank to allow water to collect below the pickup and not enter the system. Personally I would always have it about 2 inches above the bottom but there is no way we can easily find out without running the tank dry or draining it - both rather troublesome. So please make a mark 4 inches above the bottom of the tank and treat that mark as absolutely empty. That way you should not get any engines cutting out at inconvenient times. While on this subject please, if you are not using a fuel additive or have done so already, have a go at draining the water from the bottom of the fuel tank. In most narrowboats something like a hand or drill pump with a long pipe on it to reach into the back corner of the tank will do the job. Tony Brooks
