do you bother to inspect your oil filters

[grumpyvette]

do you bother to inspect your oil filters, occasionally, I do, especially on my cars, but because I help lots of guys work on thier cars and most times its not my car , I don,t bother.

 

BTW if you want the tool, summit sells them

 

Proform 66490 $73.99

 

 

the interesting thing youll find many times is how cheaply made some filters are, and yeah theres big differances in some brands, in the total surface area of the filter screen and how well they are assembled, the ,materials used ETC.

 

http://minimopar.knizefamily.net/oilfilterstudy.html

 

http://www.aloha34.com/information/oilfiltertable.pdf

 

btw, add a few magnets to the oil pan and drain back area in your engine, the trap and hold metalic dust that comes from wear and increase engine life span by preventing that crap embedding in the bearings

 

http://www.kjmagnetics.com/proddetai...d=D66SH&cat=13

 

http://www.kjmagnetics.com/proddetail.asp?prod=D66SH

 

these are even more tollerant of temp swings and retain strength at even higher engine oil temps plus they are smaller and easier to use

 

The SH material in the D66SH magnets, means that the magnets can be heated to 300° F without any loss of magnetic strength, unlike standard neodymium magnets that begin to lose strength at 175° F. Suitable for many high temperature applications.

[m4xwellmurd3r]

That sounds like a great Idea with the magnets. No one puts magnets in the engine, and it does seem like having them would help, even if the actual metal bits are just dust, any bit of contamination kept out of the oil flow helps.

[TrumpetRhapsody]

I've heard of magnetic oil drain plugs, which help, but I only recently heard about people putting magnets other places in the engine, like the heads for example.

[dsommer]

I put the magnets in the oil pan and the heads. Need to order up some more for the oil filter once the car is ready to fire.