Day Tank

A day tank is a small fuel tank that holds enough fuel for one day.  Our day tank is a 5 gal jerry jug that holds enough fuel for a little over two hours run time.  The purpose of a day tank is to bypass a portion of the fuel system.  Our fuel problem seems to be a stopped up fuel line.  By installing a day tank I work around the stopped up line and feed fuel to the engine.  It is safe and efficient but requires a lot of work keeping the jug full of fuel.  We finally decided that our continuing fuel problem is trash in the line after we had removed, replaced or worked on every other part of the fuel system. The engine is running good as long as the tank has fuel. We also have a smaller tank for the generator.  Yes, this is a temporary fix.  When you are two days from a marina you have to keep going or call a tow boat to come get you.  So this is a good option.

When I last wrote we were heading to Columbus, Mississippi.  We continued to have fuel problems and so at Columbus we decided to install the day tank. We also rented a car and did some sight seeing.  We also got to visit with some of the Loopers that we have seen along the way. They even had cocktails in front of one of the boats and had about 10 Loopers show up. We have since anchored at a wide place in the river at Owl Creek, (mm 302).  We found a great anchorage at Sumter Rec. area (mm 270), anchored in a deep river cut off called Rattlesnake Bend (mm223) and now we are at the NEW dock at Demopolis, AL (mm 217).  This is a new facility and is really nice.  The old one was just as bad as this one is good. I will work on the fuel problem again tomorrow and hopefully report good news tomorrow.
The picture is the channel to the Aberdeen Marina where we changed out the fuel pump.