Drain Plug thoughts

gwowzer · 06-07-2020, 10:49 PM

Yeah, so what. I'm weird about stuff. Anybody got a link to a magnetic oil drain plug?
Or a reason NOT to use one?
I mean, yeah it's got the filter screen but that screen doesn't filter anything but mistakes and o-ring particles. I don't see why it would hurt to add a magnet to the oil drain plug, but minds smarter than mine might have a reason.
I haven't found a single particle in the screen yet in the oil changes performed.
Down the road, I am researching adding an oil cooler as I could really see that helping this engine out for idling and hot ambient temps.
So start with the drain plug magnet, possibly then upgrade to oil cooler. Would be nice to add an inline oil filter but as far as I can tell might as well add the cooler at the same time.
As always, thanks in advance for input and thoughts.

06-07-2020, 10:49 PM	#1
gwowzer Join Date: Aug 2019 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 297	Drain Plug thoughts Yeah, so what. I'm weird about stuff. Anybody got a link to a magnetic oil drain plug? Or a reason NOT to use one? I mean, yeah it's got the filter screen but that screen doesn't filter anything but mistakes and o-ring particles. I don't see why it would hurt to add a magnet to the oil drain plug, but minds smarter than mine might have a reason. I haven't found a single particle in the screen yet in the oil changes performed. Down the road, I am researching adding an oil cooler as I could really see that helping this engine out for idling and hot ambient temps. So start with the drain plug magnet, possibly then upgrade to oil cooler. Would be nice to add an inline oil filter but as far as I can tell might as well add the cooler at the same time. As always, thanks in advance for input and thoughts.
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