oil plug magnetic

[cuvette]

Why should i put a magnetic oil drain plug on my 2000 corvette what are the avantage ??????

thanks CUVETTE

 

[MsSchroder]

It will attract all the tiny little metal engine filings so that stuff doesn't circulate back through your engine. Or God forbid, something like rocker arm needles.
I put one in mine. The last time I changed the oil there was a tiny layer of metallic dust clinging to it. For 3 bucks, it can't hurt

Tammy

 

[cruzer99]

It will attract all the tiny little metal engine filings so that stuff doesn't circulate back through your engine. Or God forbid, something like rocker arm needles.
I put one in mine. The last time I changed the oil there was a tiny layer of metallic dust clinging to it. For 3 bucks, it can't hurt

Tammy

Tammy is correct.....The rocker arm needles are curse you watch for which means rebuilt it quickly.

 

[DRTH VTR]

Where does the metal come from? The block and heads are aluminum and won't stick to a magnet.

 

[Hib Halverson]

It will attract all the tiny little metal engine filings so that stuff doesn't circulate back through your engine. Or God forbid, something like rocker arm needles.
I put one in mine. The last time I changed the oil there was a tiny layer of metallic dust clinging to it. For 3 bucks, it can't hurt

Tammy

Indeed magnetic drain plugs can't hurt, but we need a reality check here on how oiling systems work. Even without a mag. drain plug, metal filings large enough to be identified as filings rather than tiny particles of a metallic paste, will go no farther in your engine than the oil filter. So...
:nono
...don't think, if you don't use a magnetic plug that your engine is going to fail sooner than it would with a mag. plug. Such failures are myths propagated by the companies which sell magnetic drain plugs.

These "metal filings", as long as your engine is past break-in and wearing normally, are a paste of microscopic ferrous particles that should never accumulate in a quantity lager than can make a smudge on your finger when you rub the mag. plug's magnet. The particles can come from the steel and iron parts of the valve train, the cast iron crank and any other ferrous parts in the engine. Typically engines with cast iron blocks will have more of this residue then will aluminum block engines.

If the engine is wearing normally and the oil filter is being changed regularly, if you don't have a magnetic plug, virtually of that stuff gets trapped in the oil filter. If you do have a mag. plug, its magnet is catching some of that stuff before it gets to the filter. You see it on the magnet and think "Wow. That plug is working. I really needed it." but, that's not really the case.

Bottom line: A magnetic drain plug won't hurt anything but do you need one to ensure durability of your engine? Not.

 

[Cessna 182]

Open the oil filter and inspect

When I change oil on my aircraft, as most pilots, we cut the oil filter apart with an oil filter can opener, and inspect for debri caught. Use a magnet to check for iron particales. I ran the particles through the scanning electron microscope at work and the particles caught were bromine and lead (aircraft fuel is 100 octane low lead). You might want to try on your Corvette filter to see what is going on in you engine, or possibily an oil analysis. I have yet to do one on my 99 as I just got it a few weeks ago and it says 58% till oil change.

By way have a 470 cubic inch flat six continental in Cessna 182. did not mean to get of on aircraft.

Have a good one

Jim

 

[ROADAPPLE]

Indeed magnetic drain plugs can't hurt, but we need a reality check here on how oiling systems work. Even without a mag. drain plug, metal filings large enough to be identified as filings rather than tiny particles of a metallic paste, will go no farther in your engine than the oil filter. So...
:nono
...don't think, if you don't use a magnetic plug that your engine is going to fail sooner than it would with a mag. plug.

I agree. If it makes you feel better , do it. Paper oil filters have been doing an admirable job for decades. But just like those insertable screen thingies the manufatures play on peoples insecurities to make a profit.