| DaleB |
I bought several disposable oil filter magnets from
www.magna-guard.com
and received two free lubricant drop tests kits.
Easy to use, and while no where as comprehensive as an analysis, they still give you a general indication of fluid condtion.
Here is the oil test I have almost 5000 mi and I am due for a change. Based on that, I would not exceed the 5K. Using Mobil 1 5-30, just under 20,000 on the vehicle. |
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| DaleB |
| Here is the tranny fluid almost 1000 miles after a 3X dealer change. |
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| BlueStreak |
| Interesting. My guess is the test paper traps particles, which shows much darker and is the reason to change. There is no question is pays to do regular maint. I do the oil at 5-5.5k and drain tranny fluid about every oil change. No reason to stop doing something that has been working well for so many years. And these maint. tasks are so inexpensive! |
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| XStatic |
| Have you run though an oil change with the disposable oil filter magnets? |
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| DaleB |
quote:
Originally posted by XStatic
Have you run though an oil change with the disposable oil filter magnets?
NO, and in fact I plan to check it again just before the next oil change but I will have the magnet installed. Be interesting to know how much ferrous junk gets trapped vs. other solids. Accoding to Magn-Guard, the magnet takes some contamination load off the filtering media. Interesting concept, although I am not sure there should be too much metal floating around after the engine is broken in.
The magnets are very inexpensive, you can not forget to leave them on, or forget to take them off the outside of a filter.
You just have to remember to put them IN the new filter. I bought several and just pre-loaded them for future changes. I think magnets at the filter could be more efffective than on the drain plug. Of course both is probably even better.
On the tranny fluid, I am impressed by the color considering a 3X change is effectively only about 90% fluid replacement It actually looks every bit as good as when the car was brand new. Maybe on a 'normal' tranny most of the clutch 'shedding' stops after several thousand miles, and upon a refill the fluid remains quite clear. Time will tell.
Again, this does not compare to an oil analysys, but any monitoring system has value, and used consistently, you should be able to track any changes. |
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| Kev-man |
| Any worries about these magnets restricting oil flow? Their website appears to be temporarily down, but it looks like these are simply stuck up into the filter, and the smaller opening of the oil return tube keeps them from being sucked into the oil supply.....? |
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| DaleB |
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Originally posted by Kev-man
Any worries about these magnets restricting oil flow? Their website appears to be temporarily down, but it looks like these are simply stuck up into the filter, and the smaller opening of the oil return tube keeps them from being sucked into the oil supply.....?
Your assumptions are correct. There are 2 sizes of magnets, I am using the smaller which is correct for the smaller Honda filter.
Large full size filters would use the larger magnets of course.
The magnet is quite strong, it sits down at bottom against the side of the steel mesh and the bottom of the filter. Blockage of any holes is insignificant especially if you rotate and place it near where the mesh is welded which has some solid metal surfaces on either side of the weld. I doubt you could block more than one or two of the small holes if you wanted to intentionally. |
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