Hey guys,

Sorry to be spamming the forums with topics all the time...but I've hit a new snag with the 737-200F.

Basically I keep running out of fuel about 10 minutes out from my destination, with fuel still in the center tank. During most of my hour or two flights, I believe I am running fuel from the wing tanks. I get the low fuel pressure warning lights on the overhead, but I just don't know how to switch to fuel in the remaining tank to keep me powered and not performing an off airport landing in a commercial jet...

I have downloaded the second part of the 737 manual and have scoured the fuel section several times, but either I'm dumb or they don't go into depth about switching tanks.

Thanks in advance to the more experienced captains that can help me with this one!

Thanks Eric!

I wasn't filling all the tanks, I guess. I've never flown any of the major and realistic add-ons, just the FSX default, so I'm not used to this kind of management.

I'll go ahead and try your suggestion and see what happens! Thanks! 

Thank you Bud for that wealth of knowledge there, and that tool!

I'll definitely give that one a shot as well. Apparently my problem was not turning on the center tank fuel pumps. So when I had run out of fuel on two separate occasions on arrival it was because my wing tanks had run themselves dry on cruise and descent, thus forcing myself to crash land with a nearly full center tank.

That is what us bush pilots call: EMBARASSING!

I'll get used to flying something other than a Cessna someday. Lawl.  

HarryW wrote on Apr 30^th, 2014 at 5:27am:

The way the fuel operates from the tanks, might be pre determined by the aircraft you used before the 737.

Load the default C172, switch the tank selector switch to ALL, then load the 737. The fuel should then automatically be used from the centre tank first, then from the wing tanks. When the Wing Tanks are in use, I like to have the CROSS FEED Switch open too. It should work fine regardless of whether the CROSS FEED switch is open or closed.