Oil Filter Magnets

[SteveSRT8]

Originally Posted By: MrQuackers
TPM, I read through the site provided above and I'm sorry, but the anger sharks are swimming in my head due to all the typos. Get someone to proofread it and fix all the boo boos. Perception is an important thing.



Honestly... when someone uses that word so much I quit listening.

 

[MrQuackers]

What word?

 

[Chris]

I use HDD magnets I remove for free. They work on the oil filter and have always stayed in place. I have also opened up the filters to see the dark solids they have captured. They are not enough to alter flow and hold a bit out of the oil so why not. I have not really liked the design of those that cover the filter as I like the fact that the exposed filter cools the oil a bit. I put them at the end and at the bottom when spun on, works in both places.

 

[LScowboy]

Originally Posted By: Clevy
And doesn't that magnet impeded oil filter flow. I can only imagine once the pump is pushing oil into the filter intake that magnet gets pushed against the side of the filter,cutting off at least 40% of the surface area the oil should be flowing thru.

And if that magnet stays stuck in 1 place then no oil gets filtered where that magnet has created a blockage,thereby reducing the filters capacity to trap contaminants.
And honestly,if this was a big enough deal then I the filter would come with its own magnet incorporated into the filter itself,and not just dropped in the middle where it really is in the way.


^ This ^

 

[ZeeOSix]

Originally Posted By: LScowboy
Originally Posted By: Clevy
And doesn't that magnet impeded oil filter flow. I can only imagine once the pump is pushing oil into the filter intake that magnet gets pushed against the side of the filter,cutting off at least 40% of the surface area the oil should be flowing thru.

And if that magnet stays stuck in 1 place then no oil gets filtered where that magnet has created a blockage,thereby reducing the filters capacity to trap contaminants.
And honestly,if this was a big enough deal then I the filter would come with its own magnet incorporated into the filter itself,and not just dropped in the middle where it really is in the way.


^ This ^


How is the magnet going to choke off oil flow in the filter?

 

[surfstar]

Originally Posted By: ZeeOSix

How is the magnet going to choke off oil flow in the filter?

We were hit with a drive-by spamming. This guy's site had a filter magnet that you placed inside the filter for one-time use.
I think it cured cancer.

His spammy posts have since been deleted.

 

[LScowboy]

Originally Posted By: ZeeOSix
And doesn't that magnet impeded oil filter flow. I can only imagine once the pump is pushing oil into the filter intake that magnet gets pushed against the side of the filter,cutting off at least 40% of the surface area the oil should be flowing thru.

And if that magnet stays stuck in 1 place then no oil gets filtered where that magnet has created a blockage,thereby reducing the filters capacity to trap contaminants.


Originally Posted By: Clevy

How is the magnet going to choke off oil flow in the filter?

you should have seen it, it was huge and nearly blocked the entire outlet of the filter where the cleaned oil exits, apparently no engineers or people who graduated high school work at the company in the DESIGN department - lol