something called a magnetic bolt provided by spoon sports, it is basically the
oil drain plug which is magnetic thus attracting small particles of metals flowing in you engine. they say that this bolt attracts the metals from damaging the engine, and also cleans the oil etc... is this true has anyone bought one of these plugs?

 

I dont see how it would clean the oil. But yes a manetic drain plug is there to attract small slivers of metal in you motor.

 

i would assume a good running engine wouldn't have any slivers of metal in it unless something is wrong.

 

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That is like saying that you don't need to run an oil filter because your engine is in good shape.

 

true a oil filter only filters down to a certain micron level the metal spoon plug (I use the tranny and oil plugs) will pull small metal particles out of your engine oil. Yes they work but I think the transmission plug is more important than the oil plug if you ask me.

 

i'm talking about noticeable slivers that you can see with the naked eye. if it's so small that you can't see it with your eyes, and the oil filter doesn't pick it up, i don't think it would do hardly any damage to your car unless the engine had like 100,000 miles on original oil or somethin.

how much are those magnetic plugs anyway? cheap enough to even be worth it?

 

Yea the tranny one sounds like it would make more sense. You grind a gear boom you have metal in the tranny fluid. This could probably make shifting worse. Were could i purchase the tranny magnet.

 

How hard is it to take out the magnetic bolt and clean it off and put it back in? How much for the spoon sports one? where can I get one at?

 

the tranny one is a huige waste of time
there is ar eason why there is a big fat magnet in the bottom of the tranny. it picks up a LOT of ****. adding a second one is silly if you ask me.

 

I had a magenetic oil plug on my last teg. It was on for about 40k and every time I changed my oil I never really saw anyting worthwhile stuck to it.

But if you are going to get one definetly get the generic one, dont pay the $50 or more the spoon sports one costs.


Modified by integra15 at 11:27 AM 1/3/2005

 

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I remember reading about that a while ago. Therefore you are right it does sound like a waste. I froggot there was a magnet in the tranny.

 

only reason i know is most of 3rd anf 5h gear were stuck to my magnet !

 

Aluminum isn't going to stick to the drain plug And by the time you do find STEEL stuck to the drain plug, your engine is on it's way out anyways...

 

I do not know I was running syncromesh and pulled quite a bit of shavings outta the tranny when I switch fluid -- I think the synchromesh can cure some syncro grinds but the trade off is increased syncro wear, less thermal stability, and the stuff was foamy and black after 5000 miles on it. Yes the spoon plugs are expensive but I got mine on ebay 45 bucks delivered and looks like a good investment to me