Magnetic Oil Filter

[GTRgeoff]

Mesh

it's on the drain plugs so *SLAP*

It's a really good idea and won't cause any harm to the engine

[mindflux]

if you put one on your sump plug,

wouldnt it be the same as having a magnetic sump plug?

i perosnally dont have one (cant seem to find one for a skyline)

but my mate has one in his rx7 and when he pulls it out its just your normal plug, with a extended stick on the inside and this is where all the metal stuff sticks to

[Greg]

If you stick the magnet to the drain plug, will it catch all the metal bits? Obviously it will catch whatever comes near it, but metal has to travel down through the engine first, where it may get stuck.

What i was trying to say was: Does all oil flow directly past the sump plug, so as to get caught by the magnet? By placing the magnet on the filter, you are guaranteed to catch everything, because all oil has to flow through the filter - it's pumped through it. This is not necessarily the case with the sump plug...?

[Busky2k]

Greg, over time the entire body of oil will come in contact with the sump plug, because its constantly sloshing and moving around. It wont have the same surface area as a filter obviously, but a magnetic sump plug does work!

[Cubes]

Mine is magnetised.. ??!?!

I get those furry little bits on mine.

[bangahh]

cool, then im going to put all the Computer hard disk magnets i can get onto the oil filter. for those that are not into computers. The magnets you find in dead computer hard disk are Neodymium Magnets

[adznight]

Where abouts in the hard disk? I've got stacks here at work.

[bangahh]

Where abouts in the hard disk? I've got stacks here at work.

Open it up and you will see it.

[adznight]

Oh u mean at the other end on the arm thingy under the big peice of goldish metal. Yup found em. Nice. I have over 30 old HDD's here

[bangahh]

your lucky, I only have 15 of them old hard disk. What i was planning to do with it was pop rivet them to a piece of material like a old seat belt. and then wrap that around the Oil Filter.

[adznight]

Ah nice, they are strong little buggers!

[Kinks]

Makes me wonder...

If the outer jacket of the oil filter is the intake side (which I think is correct), then this magnet will catch the particles before the filter has a chance to do its job. Also, when you turn the engine off some metallic particles will probably fall off the surface of the oil filter and cling to the magnet. So big deal, you don't really know how much benefit you're getting. Probably the same as changing the filter and oil more often.

If the outer jacket is actually the exit side then the magnet's actually trying to pull metal particles through the filter... whoops!