Oil Filter Diameter & FilterMag

[Spacebird]

I'm interested in adding a FilterMag to my GT350R if it ever shows up. Does anyone have a spare FL-2069-ST that they can measure the diameter of? Anyone using a FilterMag?

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[Old Car Guy]

I'm interested in adding a FilterMag to my GT350R if it ever shows up. Does anyone have a spare FL-2069-ST that they can measure the diameter of? Anyone using a FilterMag?

Please tell me more on what you want to do here, I guess I'm missing something, do i read that you want to add a magnet to your oil filter? :cheers:

 

[Bossing]

Diameter across.....

 

[Spacebird]

Please tell me more on what you want to do here, I guess I'm missing something, do i read that you want to add a magnet to your oil filter? :cheers:

FilterMag :cheers:

 

[Spacebird]

Diameter across.....

You rock! Thanks!

For those who have changed their filters, is there enough clearance to get two FilterMags mounted like this?

 

[Kurac]

Yes, just changed mine today

 

[hiccup]

Haha..what?..the filter not doing its job..

 

[Spacebird]

Haha..what?..the filter not doing its job..

I'm a NASA-trained mechanical engineer. At 26 I was chief engineer for humakind's most expensive and complicated engineer accomplishment. Ever.

Happy to chat about tribilogy with you anytime.

 

[Shift]

I'm a NASA-trained mechanical engineer. At 26 I was chief engineer for humakind's most expensive and complicated engineer accomplishment. Ever.

Happy to chat about tribilogy with you anytime.

God damn sir. :cheers:


Back on topic, keep us updated. I was interested in this sort of thing a while back and totally forgot about it.

 

[Lost]

Speaking of tribology, does it really matter how the magnets are on the filter, can they both be on the same side?

 

[RadBOSS]

Space dude / Rocket Scientist

The mag is on the outside of the canister, so when you get ready to toss it you can't inspect it to see how much material it collected. And most of these guys don't have the special cutter that separates the canister from the flange

A drain plug with a magnet is more useful. JMHO

 

[RadBOSS]

Speaking of tribology, does it really matter how the magnets are on the filter, can they both be on the same side?

Closer to the installed bottom is better. Thats where the big chunks settle.

 

[Tank]

I'm a NASA-trained mechanical engineer. At 26 I was chief engineer for humakind's most expensive and complicated engineer accomplishment. Ever.

Happy to chat about tribilogy with you anytime.

Cool job.....

Could you elaborate on your concerns and state emphatically a filter mag is the best way to capture metal, (like RadBOSS said, magnetic plug, magnet on pan, in in ideal world, something not developed yet????)

 

[Spacebird]

Cool job.....

Could you elaborate on your concerns and state emphatically a filter mag is the best way to capture metal, (like RadBOSS said, magnetic plug, magnet on pan, in in ideal world, something not developed yet????)

I should state that I have not been a practicing spaceflight mechanical engineer for 8 years. I sold my soul to corporate America and am now best described as a shill (AKA consultant ).

As the GT350 uses a composite pan and drain plug, there's no way to put a magnet on those parts. I'm not a fan of magnets on pans anyway as you have to remove the pan to clean the collected material.

I can't say anything emphatically, as mechanical systems are enigmatic. Software is easy; you can test and simulate an nauseum in simulated settings and get accurate results. Mechanical systems require time. Lots of it.

Modern engines have less and less ferrous material in them which make FilterMag like devices less effective than they would be in mostly steel engines. Aluminum is non-magnetic, after all. The debris that FilterMags collect is typically smaller than filter media can capture. It's possible that such small debris is mostly harmless as it's much smaller than most engine tolerances. That said, removing any ferrous debris from an engine using a FilterMag is notionally a good idea with no downside that I can surmise.

 

[65sohc]

This is worth a read all the way to the end:

http://www.oilfiltermagnets.com/

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