Reply To: Johnson QD fuel consumption

[Fastwin18]

kerry wrote:

General rule of thumb (not carved into stone) is an outboard will consume the most fuel (1) pushing the boat off plane above trolling speed, (2) pushing the boat to plane, and (3) full throttle. Trolling JUST off idle and planing at around 3/4 throttle are usually the most efficient.

That’s what I thought, which why I was surprised about the gallon/hour rate when trolling. I was expected roughly half of that, which would mean the other half is wasted by bleeding the crank case? Seems rather excessive to me.