Have you seen this? (magnetic oil drain plug)

[Getting Smart]

Just ordered a magnetic oil drain plug from 451 series.com. I change my own oil every 5K miles ....just because I want to. Something about working on my own car....and it certainly can't hurt. Anyway, I know my oil filter will capture metal of a certain size but smaller metal particles continue to circulate in and around my engine. We used these kind of plugs in the Army. My M60 A1 used them and they really worked. Can't wait for the next oil change! Will let everyone know how much metal I catch using this product.

[fpage77]

That's kind of cool and something I would have never thought of doing.

[Okie Boy]

Originally Posted by Getting Smart

Just ordered a magnetic oil drain plug from 451 series.com. I change my own oil every 5K miles ....just because I want to. Something about working on my own car....and it certainly can't hurt. Anyway, I know my oil filter will capture metal of a certain size but smaller metal particles continue to circulate in and around my engine. We used these kind of plugs in the Army. My M60 A1 used them and they really worked. Can't wait for the next oil change! Will let everyone know how much metal I catch using this product.

I just installed a magnet on the bottom of my oil filter. That will collect any magnetic particles to small for the filter to catch.

[jwight]

Not sure about eliminating the long mesh filter on the stock plug; smart put that there for a reason.

[JPaul]

Just a question: isn't the engine block aluminium, and aluminium is not magnetic... correct?

[Karl Roth]

Originally Posted by Getting Smart

Just ordered a magnetic oil drain plug from 451 series.com. I change my own oil every 5K miles ....just because I want to. Something about working on my own car....and it certainly can't hurt. Anyway, I know my oil filter will capture metal of a certain size but smaller metal particles continue to circulate in and around my engine. We used these kind of plugs in the Army. My M60 A1 used them and they really worked. Can't wait for the next oil change! Will let everyone know how much metal I catch using this product.

A turbine has lots in common with an aluminum one liter motor, always nice to feel like you are doing something productive.
OZ East
just halfway through an oil change on an other toy a small bore bike with a magnetic plug. the sump shares the trans with the engine and clutch and it was fuzzy. 130 miles on the machine bought cheap due to being repoed once and dropped twice. pure old school manual, carbs with the promise of dropping you on your butt if you get it wrong...
the magnet makes great sense there. An oil sample even more...
karl

[jetfuel]

Originally Posted by JPaul

Just a question: isn't the engine block aluminium, and aluminium is not magnetic... correct?

..you need a special magnet for alum.....

jetfuel

[JPaul]

Originally Posted by jetfuel

..you need a special magnet for alum.....

jetfuel

Thank you 'jetfuel'. So I gather that 'Getting Smart' did order a "special magnet". Otherwise, block shavings won't be caught...

[The Rigger]

Originally Posted by JPaul

Just a question: isn't the engine block aluminium, and aluminium is not magnetic... correct?

But the piston rings aren't.

Nor, I'll bet, are the crankshaft, the camshafts, the timing chain and gears, the lifters, the valves and push-rods, the pistons, wrist pins, and con-rods, all the main bearings...

You get the idea.

[Karl Roth]

Originally Posted by The Rigger

But the piston rings aren't.

Nor, I'll bet, are the crankshaft, the camshafts, the timing chain and gears, the lifters, the valves and push-rods, the pistons, wrist pins, and con-rods, all the main bearings...

You get the idea.

You may find some of the above in an oil sample analysis in the oil dropped out of my smart nothing repeat nothing has stuck to a magnet. the first change had some aluminum most likely from the cylinder walls. Has anyone out there had a different experience?
thanks in advance karl