Other experts say that a magnetic oil drain plug can capture a bunch of
particles, and than release them as a "clump" causing more troubles for your oil
system...
I believe your engine success is due to proper maintenence. Particles that get
through an oil filter are too small to harm the engine anyway.
A friend of mine just pulled his motor apart to find the main bearings had
melted! luckilly his crank had been heat treated, hardened, etc... so a simple
polish should clean it up. We still haven't figured out what caused the oil
starvation. Rods looked good, pistons were good too.
One good thing about a magnetic oil plug is if you DO see chunks on it you know
right away it's time to pull the motor apart and have a peek inside. The
magnetic oil filter thing is a joke IMO.
Laters!!
-- -=Mike Kuriger 1991 Isuzu Impulse RS 1.8 2000 Dodge Durango SLT 4x4 4.7"Bernd D. Ratsch" wrote:
> Bahahahahaha...... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Roger Anderberg [mailto:rogeran@performanceproducts.com] > Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 6:08 PM > To: bernd@texas.net > Subject: RE: Band-It Magnet for Oil Filter > > I have been building engines for over 17 years and have never had an engine > fail. Even to this day my first engine, a 450 horsepower Chrysler 413 is > still running and I would have to that part of the reason is regular routine > maintenance and the fact that I always, always use a magnetic drain plug in > the oil pan. While the filter is suppose to catch all those fine little > micro particles it doesn't always. > > I would much rather know that any metal was trapped in the filter because > the magnetic oil band kept it there than run a chance of those particles > running around the engine messing up the cam bearings or the crank bearings. > > But this is my own opinion and has nothing to do with Performance Products > or the manufacturer of this product. > > By the way can you compare us to a different company instead of JC Whitney? > Our catalogs are much nicer! > > -----Original Message----- > From: bernd@texas.net [mailto:bernd@texas.net] > Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 9:37 AM > To: catalog-products@performanceproducts.com > Subject: Band-It Magnet for Oil Filter > > I was browsing through your website and am pretty impressed > with the items > online...but WHY IN THE WORLD would you advertise this > "Band-It" Oil Filter > Band?!? > > "When internal engine parts wear, iron and steel shavings > circulate in the oil, > causing even more wear whenever they get between two moving > surfaces. The > Band-It captures these particles and removes them from the > oil flow, reducing > engine wear substantially. Simply strap the magnetic band > around your existing > spin-on oil filter, and go driving!" > > Metal shavings in the oil...oh my god...someone needs to > invent a filter for > that!! (Oh wait..it's called an Oil Filter.) Also, in > todays modern engines, > there's more aluminum particles than steel/iron...so what > the use of the > magnet? > > Nice website, but it really turned me off with that "J.C. > Whitney" quality > product (Band-It). > > Bernd D. Ratsch > Pflugerville, TX
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