I do all my own repairs and understand how it all works,...
Apparently you don't...because everything you describe below is a self-inflicted problem that's easily prevented.
but... we've suffered through the plugged vents, the excess pressure, and the unintended blue geyser when opening the pump out port. Suffered through minor leaks, issues with the pump (requiring rebuuilding / replacement), contorting myself to replace hoses with nice, new $8 a foot Triton ones, yearly winterizing lubing, replacing joker valve....
If you maintained your car and boat engines the same way you maintained your boat's sanitation system, you'd be walking everywhere on land and your boat would be a "dock queen" that never leaves the slip.
Apparently you don't...because everything you describe below is a self-inflicted problem that's easily prevented.
but... we've suffered through the plugged vents, the excess pressure, and the unintended blue geyser when opening the pump out port. Suffered through minor leaks, issues with the pump (requiring rebuuilding / replacement), contorting myself to replace hoses with nice, new $8 a foot Triton ones, yearly winterizing lubing, replacing joker valve....
If you maintained your car and boat engines the same way you maintained your boat's sanitation system, you'd be walking everywhere on land and your boat would be a "dock queen" that never leaves the slip.