any thoughts on oil filter magnets

[MikeRL411]

If you really need a placebo, get one of those after market oil drain plugs with a built in magnet in the center. At least that magnet might tell you something, a magnet outside your oil filter would give no visual indication of the impending engine apocolypse.

[laotsu]

or I could just stick some spare neodymiums on for the halibut. point is, it wont hurt anything.

[motavated]

I tried it a while back and it works. I open up the filter and I saw crap stuck on to the magnet.

[DaBlist]

I tried it a while back and it works. I open up the filter and I saw crap stuck on to the magnet.

That would have been caught in the filter paper

[Stoffregen Motorsports]

If you put a huge magnet on the oil pan directly under each connecting rod, it will actually help pull the rod and piston down the bore. I bet that would be worth 8-10 hp.

[Boaty]

[Laecaon]

If you put a huge magnet on the oil pan directly under each connecting rod, it will actually help pull the rod and piston down the bore. I bet that would be worth 8-10 hp.

 

Hey, great idea! now I wont have to install those piston return springs!

[datzenmike]

[DaBlist]

Nascar uses magnets to hold their muffler bearings in. Magnets are also the secret to dafting.

[Boaty]

Mike, I fucking rofl'd.

[Stoffregen Motorsports]

"Mike, I fucking rofl'd."

See, that's what I wanted to say, I just wanted to say it, not abbreviate it.

[Stoffregen Motorsports]

You're killin' me dude.

[Ranman72]

you only need to put them on FRAM filters because they need help trapping the metal particals because they suck in the wrong way

[merlin]

or I could just stick some spare neodymiums  TINFOIL HAT on for the halibut. point is, it wont hurt anything.

 

fixed

[MikeRL411]

 

 Magnets suck.

[Farmer Joe]

why wouldnt you put a magnet on the filter? 

 

do you all trust an oil filter that much as to think itll "filter" the small stuff? 

 

honestly, anything that you can do to take bad shit out the oil that doesnt involve another filter is awesome, IMO.. 

[DaBlist]

"why wouldnt you put a magnet on the filter? 

 

do you all trust an oil filter that much as to think itll "filter" the small stuff? 

 

honestly, anything that you can do to take bad shit out the oil that doesnt involve another filter is awesome, IMO.. "

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fram filters should say "Magnets required. Not included in box"

[laotsu]

 I like ICP and Magnets suck.

 

 

 

 

 actually, magnets pull and nobody cares if you wear clown shoes.

[Stoffregen Motorsports]

Nobody ever said overkill is a bad thing. If it makes you feel better, go for it.

 

I used to be SUPER careful about engine assembly, going as far as wiping all the bearing caps with a different finger so as to not introduce any contaminents, but then my boss looked over my shoulder one day and said "if you're really that worried about it, just think about the kind of abuse the motor will see on the track." I did, and I still tried my best. Point is, I'm sure it didn't make a damn bit of difference, but it made me feel better.