http://www.minimania.com/web/Item/HPS5/ ... Detail.cfm
Has anyone had experience with one of these gadgets?. Better still, where is it fitted? Any advice appreeesiated
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| Author: | AEG163job [ Thu Oct 04, 2007 4:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Oil filter/magnetic trap |
http://www.minimania.com/web/Item/HPS5/ ... Detail.cfm Has anyone had experience with one of these gadgets?. Better still, where is it fitted? Any advice appreeesiated
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| Author: | Anto [ Thu Oct 04, 2007 4:19 pm ] |
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I believe that type of magnetic oil trap is fitted to the back of the gearbox on the drivers side where the oil pick up pipe bolts are. I've heard mixed reviews, if you don't clean it out often and let swarf build up, then it can all let go at once with obvious consequences! In my opinion it's probably more worthwhile doing frequent oil changes. |
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| Author: | Wombat [ Thu Oct 04, 2007 4:24 pm ] |
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Add magnets to the oil filter |
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| Author: | Matt68 [ Thu Oct 04, 2007 4:32 pm ] |
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Wombat wrote: Add magnets to the oil filter
Did someone on here find some curved 'rare earth' (neomobdynium   that is BAAAAAD spelling) magnets at some stage?
Or was I dreaming that? M |
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| Author: | AEG163job [ Thu Oct 04, 2007 4:51 pm ] |
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Wombat wrote: Add magnets to the oil filter
Clever! Years spent fiddling with Minis & I never thought of that. Derrrrrrr! |
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| Author: | Wombat [ Thu Oct 04, 2007 5:25 pm ] |
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Matt68 wrote: Wombat wrote: Add magnets to the oil filter Did someone on here find some curved 'rare earth' (neomobdynium that is BAAAAAD spelling) magnets at some stage?Or was I dreaming that? M Just get an old speaker magnet and sick it on the bottom of the filter or a couple of long strip magnets up the sides |
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| Author: | Matt68 [ Thu Oct 04, 2007 5:50 pm ] |
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I like the idea of these ones!! http://www.kjmagnetics.com/proddetail.asp?prod=ZDX8C%2DN40 These are the ones to go to a higher temp though: http://www.kjmagnetics.com/proddetail.asp?prod=D82SH I think I'll get me some!! Opps, sorry for the thread hijack, to bring it back on topic, i think you'd be better off putting these magnets on the oil filter than putting the trap on the oil pickup. Cheers matt |
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| Author: | Wombat [ Thu Oct 04, 2007 5:54 pm ] |
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Pull Force: 135.0 lbs  You would have to be careful about getting too close to the car in front
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| Author: | Matt68 [ Thu Oct 04, 2007 5:56 pm ] |
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Pull force of 277lbs: http://www.kjmagnetics.com/proddetail.asp?prod=DY0X0%2DN50
Not for the kiddies..... |
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| Author: | AEG163job [ Thu Oct 04, 2007 5:57 pm ] |
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Excellent! Thanks, I'm ordering 4. It will be interesting to see how they fare thru' customs etc! |
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| Author: | AEG163job [ Thu Oct 04, 2007 5:59 pm ] |
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Wombat wrote: Pull Force: 135.0 lbs
You would have to be careful about getting too close to the car in front Bloody oath. Don't leave tools lying around on the garage floor when parking the car 
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| Author: | KLAS [ Thu Oct 04, 2007 7:07 pm ] |
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if you have an old broken hard disc drive, you will find some pretty strong magnets inside 
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Thu Oct 04, 2007 7:21 pm ] |
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I've run rare earth magnets on the spin-on filter for years. I get nothing on the magnetic sump plug- and when I cut a filter up once, you should have seen all the fine stuff! Most oil filters would be lucky to filter at 50 micron size, anything smaller just goes round.. and round.. and round.
The magnets trap all this muck. <edit> I also run a centre oil pickup, and the Minispares extended sump plug/magnet. I put one of those magnetic trap things on back of my S gearbox once, in 100 miles it was starting to restrict the intake to the pump so I took it off. And wasn't that a bitch of a job, with the motor in the car and an LCB... 
I'll never ever use one again. Anybody wants it, give me $50 it's yours. Brand new, used once....
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| Author: | gafmo [ Thu Oct 04, 2007 7:28 pm ] |
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I have a number of the rare earth Magnets about 4 months ago and will be selling them off shortly after my sons birthday
just got to work out how to package for posting them just a warning..if you have two seperated and they smake togther they can smash...and trust me they are stroong and will pull from a distance |
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| Author: | MINImal effort [ Thu Oct 04, 2007 9:29 pm ] |
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What about this style ? http://www.minispares.com/Product.aspx?pid=42212 Any experience/comments ? (good, bad and...) Do they fit Aussie filter heads ? |
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