You are partially correct..
You can run an outboard in salt water, provided you properly flush it daily.
Pumps, on the other hand, are a completely different thing.
The gaskets, seals, etc. would be destroyed in short order.
Do a little research, don’t just attack people with knowledge that you don’t possess, and might turn out to be a fine human being.
........attack???..........you called me a moron........I didn’t call you one!!
You need to apologize to me, not the other way around.
FYI, a good Suzuki lasted a friend of mine 10 years fishing in the bay and he did it religiously. He also washed it religiously after each use which goes without saying.
Finally, even if the darn firetrucks blew up, to say 1,000 lives that risk would have had to have been shouldered if I had been in charge.