Tim Boat

Just to circle back and close this out incase it helps anyone else in the future. We think we had a poor pump out (no rinse) and at the same time got our mixtures out of wack. Started fresh after the next pump out with Odourless and mostly back to normal. Then we changed the vent filter and all is well again. (LeeSan advised that the Microvent filters last about a year for live aboards.) thanks for all the suggestions

Thanks. We’ve had this filter for a year. Seems like the consensus is that it has had a good run.

That could be it then 😞 Thorough pump out and flush coming up. Thanks - Yep it does happen.

Can’t really take a good photo. the valve is next to the macerator and then the pipe has to go up to the top of the tank which is about 3’ higher. More trying to understand how long the valves last/how quickly the rubber perishes.

Thanks. Yes I’d heard that about odourless but we have been happy with it so far. Definitely no bleach in ours. Only change we made was trying jabsco cleaner instead of ecover to clean the bowl and try to remove the limescale.

We have a LeeSan Microvent for the holding tank on our 57’ live aboard boat. We also have been using Odourless in the tank. All has been well for a year but things suddenly got a bit ripe. How frequently do you change your filter? sidebar- how frequently do you replace the joker valve (or whatever you call the one way valve between macerator and holding)?

Did you every work out what it was or if it’s normal? If you’ve been ignoring it for 10 years now that would be great to hear! We have same isssue with exactly the same engine and same hours. Also adjusted tappets per the manual but still have what sounds like one noisy tappet.