Just wanted to share this with you guys. I use a Filtermag on all of my cars. This thing works great. If you dont know what it is, its a magnetic device that snaps on your oil filter, and can capture ferrous particles that are small enough to pass through your filter and cause wear to your engine for the life of the oil. To give you an Idea of how good this thing works, the original equipment magnet in the drain plug on my GMC Yukon is virtually clean when I pull it to change the oil. Meaning there is less ferrous junk making it back to the pan cause most of it doesnt pass the filter. I also cut open all of my filters and the way it works never ceases to amaze. I became a Rep for Filtermag just so I could hook my friends up with this great product. Get it at SummitRacing.com for 69.99. I find most people who run synthetic oil want one of those. I think all cars should have it, but if you cant get passed the $69.99 price tag, I have another product for you. A magnetic drain plug. Not the weak OEM type or the weak auto parts store one either. Get a SUPER STRONG one from www.magneticdrainplug.com - a lot stronger and very inexpensive at $6.99. Of course if you are completely insane, you will use both, like I do. Both of these products use rare earth neodymium magnets that are super strong. ~Brian From my brothers first oil change: [ame]http://s158.photobucket.com/albums/t114/440cuda/Filtermag/?action=view¤t=2-7-07264.flv[/ame]
Now I have a more difficult decision to make. I was gonna get a Tornado air intake swirler or a platinum gas filter that adds 20% gas mileage. Now I don't know what to do. Just kidding, I've heard from others that the Filtermag is pretty amazing with how much crap it holds in the filter.
I don't know why I have trouble posting videos, they always look wierd like that, but if you click on the words: "SWF Video Files" it should play. [ame="http://s158.photobucket.com/albums/t114/440cuda/Filtermag/?action=view¤t=2-7-07264.flv"]SWF Videos Files[/ame]
I'm not convinced that stuff would make it through the filter anyway. Seems to me all the magnet does is make it congregate along the outer edge rather than spread through the filter paper. One would actually have to measure those particles (beyond the capabilities of my 12ft tape measure) and compare it to the biggest particle that would pass through the filter.
I agree, the larger particles would mostly be caught in the filter media. Its the finer junk that looks like black mud that you should be concerned with. I am telling you I know it works, simply by the fact that my magnetic plug comes out clean now, and it used to come out covered with black debris. Most filters filter out particles above 25 microns, Filtermag atracts particles as small as 1 micron. Read this:http://www.filtermag.com/tech.php?PHPSESSID=e64924e5d0763907ccc72fa28cd17268 Actually, Amsoil makes another good product too. Its expensive though. They make a dual remote filter / oil charger combo.(with a bypass filter that slip streams a portion of the oil going through the regular filter and can filter ALL particles [not just ferrous] down to 1 micron) The oil charger portion is an accumulator that stores oil pressure and lubes your engine before you crank it. This is a picture of the Dual Remote mount, with the AMK01 oil charger attached above. Its around $545 list. LOL I would still slap a filtermag on it. And an oil heater would round out the collection. Whos crazy now?
I guess you can never have too many magnets! I always use in pan, engine magnets as I like to catch them buggers before they go through the oil pump
