09-27-2017, 09:41 PM | #15 |
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FYI, to confirm what someone else already said.
The magnet is acting on the unfiltered oil. Not sure it really works but can't see how it could do any harm so I always used both a filter mag & mag drain plug |
09-28-2017, 06:43 AM | #16 | |
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09-28-2017, 10:28 AM | #17 | |
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Your magnet is at best redundant at the filter. You can believe what you want, but since it looks redundant and the OEM doesn't think it's necessary to include to keep their engine that they're warrantying safe, I will file it under crap that used to be a thing back in the 80's and earlier but doesn't really matter anymore. |
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09-28-2017, 02:11 PM | #18 | |
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Your last statement is kind of redundant also since the car doesn't come with a magnetic drain plug from the factory either but that doesn't mean there aren't metal particles in the oil that could possibly damage the engine.
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07-23-2020, 04:11 PM | #19 | |
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I'd be concerned about magnets interfering with the bypass valve cracking pressure as well. Unfortunately there's no conclusive research that proving or disproving the effectivity of oil filter magnets, and whether or not the particles they catch would've been caught by the filter anyways. I'd love to see someone do something like that.
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