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Well...here's a link to the MSDS for it...

Although I'm not sure how much help it is:

http://www.3eonline.com/ImageServer/NewPdf/ca16c3c3872b4e0faa7ff0ff60fdbfca.pdf

However, anything thin enough to be poured down the toilet just washes out in a few flushes...so keeping the pump lubricated with veggie oil, mineral oil and products like Head Lube are a never ending job of pouring something down the toilet every few weeks...and, as Steve noted, a very pricy approach. There's a MUCH easier, FAR less expensive way!

Every toilet leaves factory slathered with a healthy dose of thick Teflon grease that lasts at least a year, maybe two years if the toilet doesn't get much use or the season is very short...at least 6 months even if you're a live aboard family of 4! It's about a 10 minute job to replace it every spring as part of recommissioning...and a $5.00 tube of the stuff will last a lifetime even if you also use it to lube manual diaphragm pumps, y-valves and seacocks!

Jabsco and Headmate: remove the top of the pump, put a healthy squirt into the cylinder...pump a few times to spread if all over the inside of the pump..replace the top. You're done.

Raritan PH II: remove the pump from the base (which requires removing 4 screws)...stick the tube nozzle in the pump...healthy squirt...put the pump back onto the base. You're done.

And once or twice a year at a cost of less than $.50 each time sure beats the socks off pouring something down the toilet every few weeks, making sure you keep enough on hand to be able to do that.

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