very interesting.. i never heard of that thing b4... im gonna check it out!

 

I am not sure if I would consider this fun, it seems more like it would be sad.

 

I have it on my evo for about 2yrs, bought on ebay for $14.00

 

its not going to help you out, if you have Metal filings in your motor, they get cought in the filter anyway. But metal filings aren't the cause of blowing up a motor, they are a sign of wear. If you have metal filings in you motor that means your rod and/or crank bearings or wearing out. Or you cams coulde be wearing between the Cam caps and Camshaft. OR many other things could be the culprate. But yeah Metal filings in your motor are bad, and useing a magnetic plug to remove doesn't mean you fixed the problem.

 

Filings coming out? Usually when I unscrew mine I get what looks like fine metal dust mixed with oil on the plug. Similar to what you see when changing the tranny or diff fluid. I agree it doesn't really do anything but its just nice to have.

 

yeah, thats bad. Not like your motor is gonna blow up this week but its still bad. In the tranny its gonna happen no mater what, but your motor should have a very tiny amount of filings for the first few oil changes you shouldn't be able to notice them, after that the oil should be sparkling clean of filings. Well no sparkling.

 

I installed a Fumoto drain valve instead of a magnetic plug; makes oil changes faster.

 

Like I stated earlier I have both filter magnet and drainplug mag. and have really nothing when I remove it and wipe it off (62k now). But the diff and tranny is just like described, metal "powder" and is fairly obvious when you clean them off.