I recently installed a dimple magnetic plug in my engine oil pan.
Has anyone ever tried taking the material captured on the magnet and re-introducing it back into the drained oil, mixing thoroughly, and then grabbing a sample for UOA analysis? If so, how did you do it?
I was thinking a stronger magnet covered with a piece of thin steel would pull the material of of the dimple plug and it would stick to the piece of magnetized steel. Then I could remove the stronger magnet and wipe off the material from the steel into the drain pan ? Then mix it up and collect my sample.
Anybody see flaws in this idea, or have a better solution ?
Has anyone ever tried taking the material captured on the magnet and re-introducing it back into the drained oil, mixing thoroughly, and then grabbing a sample for UOA analysis? If so, how did you do it?
I was thinking a stronger magnet covered with a piece of thin steel would pull the material of of the dimple plug and it would stick to the piece of magnetized steel. Then I could remove the stronger magnet and wipe off the material from the steel into the drain pan ? Then mix it up and collect my sample.
Anybody see flaws in this idea, or have a better solution ?
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