jchcmax

I was in Super Autobacs getting some manual trans fluid. Of course when you're at Super Autobacs, you always have to browse the store because it's rediculously fun to look at everything. I came across an oil filter magnet made by Filtermag. It's designed to wrap around the oil filter and trap tiny metallic particles that could possibly be recirculated back into the engine. I know that there are some fancy oil filters that do their job really well and magnets are prolly not necessary but I decided to pick one up, it doesn't hurt to have peace of mind. After getting home, I looked online about magnets and there are many brands. I like the way Filtermag " wraps" the filter instead of just placing one or two magnets on the filter.

Be-in my TL

Sounds interesting. I usually feel the oil during a drain to see if there are metal shreds. I guess this could help a lot =)

Good job on the find, gotta look into that.

This way, I don't have to get my fingers full of oil, I just gotta look in the filter=D

Timeless

I'm not cool enough to have a filter mag but I just yoinked a pretty strong magnet off my co workers name tag and stuck it on my oil drain bolt. I'm really interested to see if anythings stuck on it next oil change.

LaCostaRacer

^ I just found this thread doing a search so maybe it's time to resurrect. There an interesting video on youtube that most males will like a lot:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjssdrZP4t4

I'm thinking about buying a FilterMag (www.filtermag.com) now to do even better filtering of particles. This is a magnetic sleeve that attaches to the outside of the filter. There are two choices- one is $38 and has a 75lb magnetic pull fore and the other is $56 and is more powerful. Anyone try the FilterMag yet? People seem to like it on BobIsTheOilGuy.com.

1fsthatch

hugeeeee

I hate cars

I run a few magnets off of bad hard drives from work.

Filtermag is good. I've seen many filters cut open and you can see a ring of iron that it's caught.

The filter is only good down to 10 microns at best and some only 50 microns. The magnet will catch everything, things that are way too small to be caught by the filter.

Only thing to be careful of with some of the more powerful magnets is to keep them away from the bypass valve usually located in the bottom of the filter. There is speculation that the magnet can interfere with the operation of this valve. No proof though.

LaCostaRacer

My neighbor gave me a pretty powerful magnet used for doors on furniture. I snapped that puppy on the end of my filter to give this idea a test until the next oil change.

You can get 55 lb. magnets for $3 from wood tool catalogs so those filtermags are a little pricey in retrospect. I'm not sure how the oil flows through a filter but know the magnet will definitely work when the car is parked and oil isn't flowing for sure- whether the engine is running is a different thing though that maybe the filtermag will help with.

I hate cars

I believe it's from the outside in so the magnet should get the first shot at contaminates.

AcuraVic

Looks like a great invention (I read the filtermag site and Oil analysis). My question is why haven't the oil filter manufacturers incorporated this in their oil filter design ?

KaMLuNg

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prob production costs... how much would they have to spend for magnets in EVERY oil filter they produce... compared VS. just one you slip on an off?

Crestwood1001

Exactly, that would increase the cost of the filter

LoveMyTL-S

Hmmmmm, may have to look into this.

Frankie02

boobiez !!!

vinceeyy

i didn't really want to watch the video, cause I figured what it was to show, but I indeed did watch the video.

I don't think he was talking about the magnet.

flubyux2

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Oil filters don't go Down that far. 10 micron is Smaller than a white blood cell. tHere is no full- flow, single pass, oil filter on earth, that I know of, that will filter down to 10 micron. In oreder to filter down that far, you'll need a bypass system. We use them on diesels and it lengthens oil change intervals because it traps suspended contaminants like silicon and soot. Search for an amsoil bypass filter for more info. You use it in conjunction with your stock full-flow filter because the bypass filter is extremely restrictive.

andyc123

Yeah, but AmSoil hypes their products by tests that only they run, so IMO, AmSoil is also full of it.

The magent theory, in retrospect, is common sense. The tiniest of metal particles, as long as they're metal, will stick to a magnet.

If you know a techie (I'm an MCSE) that has some really old hard drives, the magnets from an old MFM drive are the way to go. It sounds like a cheap fix, but just watch........the next gen oil filters will be magnetized.

gilla_monster

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Anyone just use a magnetic oil drain plug?

I'm thinking that this magnet on the side of the oil filter might clog the inside on the one side and inhibit it's ability for the oil to cycle through properly.

I hate cars

Amsoil uses the 4-ball wear test like some other manufacturers which is retarded. It's actually a test for grease. Even so, Amsoil is a great oil and their SSO 0w-30 is probably the best extended interval oil period. Their lowest XL line of oils is about on par with Mobil One and the rest is very good stuff and a very reasonable price. The ACD which is what I ran in the TL for the first 70K miles of it's life is a wonderful oil, high HTHS, high detergents, no VIIs, and has pretty good cold flow.

There are independent tests of Amsoil also where it fares very well, especially their gear oil.

I hate cars

A magnet on one side of the filter could not begin to clog even 1% of the flow. The engine flat out does not shed enough metal. Even if left on for the entire life of the car, there would not be enough to worry about clogging.

gilla_monster

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^ That's what I figured. But the video demonstration by Big Tits got me thinking about it. Great marketing, huh?