magnets for your oilpan

[grumpyvette]

this is a good source of QUALITY magnets to epoxy into the sump of your oilpan to remove harmfull metalic dust and the work MUCH BETTER THAN THOSE LAME MAGNETIC DRAIN PLUGS

http://www.wondermagnet.com/dev/magnet2.html

 

adding magnets removes a large amount of the metalic dust that comes from parts wearing(rings,rockers,cylinder walls ETC.)that would otherwise wind up embeded in your bearing surfaces or working like sand in your engine on your moveing parts

[Owen]

That little quarter-sized thing can lift 25 pounds! I wonder how hard it would be to pry off the magnet after it's attached itself to something? I say this because I haven't found a good oil plug magnet and don't want to remove my oil pan now either. So...if I just stuck it to the outside...I'm sure it would pick up a lot of crap from the ground, but I could dip the magnet into that rubber coating dip stuff too?

 

I could probably make an engine hoist with a couple of those things

 

Owen

[Guest JESTER3798]

hey guys i found a magnet like this inside a damaged computer harddrive. it is STRONG.

[Modern Motorsports Ltd]

Those must be rare earth magnets. Their 25pounder might be too strong on a pan, I'd have mine external so I can remove the magnet and then drain debris with my oil (in the hopes of avoiding a 'hump' affecting oil flow if it was built into my pan). (epoxy a nut on it so you can pull it off straight away, otherwise you usually have to slide these strong magnets off and that would drag the attracted debris around your pan)

 

I also use them on the side of my tool cabinets to hang my prybars too long to fit in the drawers, they work great. Mine are 'only' 1/2" ODx1/8" thick or less and hold over 5lbs each. In Canada we can buy them from Lee Valley Tools who I'm pretty sure are online somewhere but I've never looked. Similar pricing to the URL above. Some epoxy them along with mesh into the oil drainback holes in their heads to protect their motors.

[BLKMGK]

I've got some of those HD magnets - wicked strong! However I'd NOT, repeat NOT, put them on the outside of my pan. Most oil pans are ferrous themselves, you put that sucker on the outside of your pan thinking you'll pull it offdrain and the bits will simply stick to the now magnetized pan!

 

I think a MUCH better place for this type of thing is on the outside of your disposable oil filter. No issues with the silly thing, you just toss it out when you're done. I also like to magnetize my dipstick so that when I pull it out I can get a quick check on the amount of debris in the engine I run magnetized drain plugs too, a permanent one inside th epan might not be bad either but I'd make REAL sure it was epoxied very well. Remember what happened to my first T56? Chip magent broke free and wandered through the gears - the resulting magnetized slurry trashed the entire $1700 tranny!

 

I think they even sell magnet rings for oil filters - ever seen the pics from when they've cut them open? Ewwwww!