Rob Posted October 29, 2003 Share Posted October 29, 2003 Truth or Bullsh1t??? I want to keep my engine going for as long as possible now, regular oil changes, that sort of thing. Are these sump plugs just snake oil? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THOR Racing Posted October 29, 2003 Share Posted October 29, 2003 I though they all were magnetic anyway? I know the diff one definitely is. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminator Posted October 29, 2003 Share Posted October 29, 2003 Judging by the amount of metal I get on my other cars oil drain plug magnets, it must be better than having the bits floating round in the oilways. I think Gavin L was trying to source some a while ago.. I would have one like a shot if anyone can find one for the MKIV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitesupraboy2 Posted October 29, 2003 Share Posted October 29, 2003 i might speak to my bro he makes aircraft parts nuts,bolts etc...... see if he can perhaps make some on the sly wit the machinary. Or perhaps for small charge if company will let him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminator Posted October 29, 2003 Share Posted October 29, 2003 My Ford one, looks like a standard plug drilled out with a manget resin bonded in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve W Posted October 29, 2003 Share Posted October 29, 2003 I'm pretty CERTAIN mine's exactly like THAT Phil ? ! (the steel bolt/plug with the little magnet sleeved inside it ? !) ...in me Soop that is ! ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve W Posted October 29, 2003 Share Posted October 29, 2003 What about the two 'newer' things ? ? ? the magnetic 'insert' that screws between the FILTER and BLOCK ? ? ? and, the magnetic 'lump' that just sticks to the end of the filter ? ? ? same ideas as plug, just going a bit more 'overboard' ? ? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dude Posted October 29, 2003 Share Posted October 29, 2003 No good , No noise Dude:flame Dev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminator Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 If you want noise dude, just stuff a few bar magnets through the drain plg hole next oil change. That should get you noticed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminator Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 Originally posted by Steve W I'm pretty CERTAIN mine's exactly like THAT Phil ? ! (the steel bolt/plug with the little magnet sleeved inside it ? !) ...in me Soop that is ! ! We want a photo next oil change!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve W Posted October 30, 2003 Share Posted October 30, 2003 Fair Cop ! ! (probably wrong NOW..... DOH ! ! - swear it was though ??) Fitters in work think I'm MAD ! ! - everytime I do ANYTHING on the Soop, I take a photo of it ! ! ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted November 3, 2003 Share Posted November 3, 2003 I work on aircraft and used to work in the early failure detection side of things. We use mag plugs to monitor the wear in aircraft engines and gearboxes. Its a relatively simple process. Extract mag plug at set intervals ie 3000 miles for instance degrease said mag plug with whatever degreasant you can lay your hands on (we use petroleum ether but white spirit would probably do). Using clear sticky tape dab the remaining metallic debris onto the tape in a 2 pence piece diameter size or smaller. Then measure the ferrous strength (difficult part if you haven't got a debris tester lol) and record result. Stick in a book and watch the profile grow. If there is a problem developing then it will show in an increase trend. If you are really technical you can send the debris to a lab get them to scanning electron microscope it, send you the material spec of debris and then you go to manufacturer of engine and ask em what bit is made of that metal spec thereby knowing which bit is getting buggered. With aircraft stuff we can generally figure out which component within a gearbox or engine is letting go reducing our down time for servicings. You wanna get mega technical and you can sample the oil send this to the lab and they will spectrometrically analyse it (burn the stuff and see how much metal there is in on a parts per million basis) and build a concurrent profile next to your mag plugs. http://www.thomasregister.com/olc/01402593/mag.htm Tedeco make all our mag plugs so its possible they may be able to fit you up with summat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Posted November 3, 2003 Author Share Posted November 3, 2003 Blimey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supraguy Posted November 5, 2003 Share Posted November 5, 2003 http://mkiv.com/tmp/super_plug/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted November 5, 2003 Share Posted November 5, 2003 Bloomin eck thats a lot of crap in there in 3000 miles. As i said previously you can profile this metallic debris on a quantity basis at each oil change, if it suddenly starts to get worse you can flog the motor before it goes critical lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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