I came across some really powerful magnets in my junk drawer about the size of a dime. I was thinking of placing them on the outside of the oil pan or elsewhere(valve cover,those might be aluminum). Good idea?
I came across some really powerful magnets in my junk drawer about the size of a dime. I was thinking of placing them on the outside of the oil pan or elsewhere(valve cover,those might be aluminum). Good idea?
Collect metal fragments in the oil. I will say that you probably just want them on the bottom of the oil pan...keep anything that's in there close to the bottom. BUT, that being said, if there's metal in the oil, things somewhere are going south.
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Catch metal fragments. Exp. magnetic tipped oil pan drain plugs. I also saw a magnet in my trans pan on my work van when I changed tranny fluid. It looked like a dark oily sludge stuck to
it. I believe that is from the factory. My sleds also have magnetic dipsticks in the chaincase from the factory so there must be some merit to it. I was thinking of putting them on the oil filter.
Last edited by Hammer Down; 08-06-2017 at 10:52 AM.
There, it's done. Checked my dipstick and the oil looks cleaner already.
I've run magnets on the pan in my 86 for a very long time. First hint of metal in the oil was over 250K miles ago. My car has over 445K, runs like a top. It does use oil and even smoke but that's to be expected.
I run a 100 lb pull magnet on the rear resivior and a 50 lb on the front. I pull them off before I pull the plugs on each oil change. Having them on the pan prevents metal from being sucked up into the oil pump.
It also carries good oil pressure and gets ran past 6000 and full power shifted regularly. 6250 and bouncing if I miss a gear.....
Yes- put them on your pan!
They make drain plugs with magnets in them.
Seems to me the would be better served on the bottom of the pan, not your filter? Let the filter do it's job....let the magnets trap whatever the filter may miss on the bottom of the pan as already mentioned.
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All Magnets are evil. The unfaithfull put them in all sorts of places. Oil filters. Oil pans.
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Now I change my oil more often
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I just use a non-bypass filter. Magnets on the drain plug, but that's just how they come.
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One of these on the outside of the rear pan on the bottom.
https://www.amazon.com/CMS-Magnetics.../dp/B000WMOEFS
A smaller 50 lb version on the bottom of the front sump.
Remove them before you pull the drain plug. Done deal.
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