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From: Rosalie B. (no email)
Date: Tue Jul 13 2004 - 19:54:08 EDT
On Tue, 6 Jul 2004 19:33:05 -0400, you wrote:
>If you have Raritan, Jabsco or other similar manual head with double plunger
>O ring pumps, used daily in sea water, it will stop working within about 30
>days if you don't use vinegar and oil. I suppose if you LIKE toilet
We have a Jabsco pump and we do not put vegetable oil down it EVER and
the head has not given us any trouble where we had to rebuild or
anything that dire. We use teflon grease (synthetic called SuperLube)
on the plunger as Peggy advocates.
>disassembly, manual internal relubing would be better. I was happy to find
>my new boat was equipped with Blake-Lavac head which uses a hand bilge pump
>to flush. Still needs vinegar, but has no O rings or possibility of mixing
>sewage back into the incoming flush water as the others will. The bilge
>pump is also easier to enter to clear a plug up.
>Lee Haefele
>
>Another version of Peggy Hall's advice
>MARINE SANITATION : Fact vs. Folklore
>by Peggie Hall,The Hall Group Inc.
>
>http://boatbuilding.com/content/sanitation.html
>
>excerpt:
>
>Never put anything into a marine sanitation system that isn't specifically
>marketed for that purpose. Do not use detergent, bleach, dish soap or other
>cleaners--especially cleaning products which contain pine oil, petroleum, or
>alcohol. Those substances will break down the seals, gaskets, and valves in
>the system, and will also break down the walls of the hose, causing it to be
>more susceptible to permeation. Above all, do not ever-as some people tell
>me they do-pour vegetable oil down the head to "lubricate" the parts; you
>wouldn't put vegetable oil in your engine--why would you put it in your
>Yada yada......
>
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