Super Magnet Drain Plugs Dodge, Ford, Nissan, Toyota

[fubar569]

Doing another oil change today prior to T&T and HRDW.

I dropped a 3/16 allen wrench while doing a pulley change at the track almost 2 months ago.

Guess where I found it today?

Stuck to the outside of THE OIL PAN DRAIN PLUG.

over 2000 miles of street driving and multiple passes at the track. Still there.

 

[16GoManGoHC2]

Doing another oil change today prior to T&T and HRDW.

I dropped a 3/16 allen wrench while doing a pulley change at the track almost 2 months ago.

Guess where I found it today?

Stuck to the outside of THE OIL PAN DRAIN PLUG.

over 2000 miles of street driving and multiple passes at the track. Still there.

Nice!! Any pictures?

I dropped a lifting eyelet once, couldn’t find it, removed the belly cover, the magnet snagged it lol. Yes, there strong!!

 

[fubar569]

I should've snagged a picture...but i was too into getting that half done.

I have a DIRS. I leave it in place. Let me tell you how much fun doing the diff with new plugs was after that...lol

 

[16GoManGoHC2]

I should've snagged a picture...but i was too into getting that half done.

I have a DIRS. I leave it in place. Let me tell you how much fun doing the diff with new plugs was after that...lol

I use a long ball end hex key to get the diff fill and drain plugs out. The magnets on them help keep the plug stuck to the blade. I usually don’t have a problem getting the plugs in and out and I have a P4D Diff brace on my car.

 

[16GoManGoHC2]

Just picked up a batch of plugs from the dealership today, it took almost a month to get them. I’ll be making up some plugs here in the next few days if anybody wants any get them while I have them, seeming like they’ve been getting hard to get from the dealership of late.

 

[Bowlerguy92]

First oil change with mine. Nice.

 

[fubar569]

I use a long ball end hex key to get the diff fill and drain plugs out. The magnets on them help keep the plug stuck to the blade. I usually don’t have a problem getting the plugs in and out and I have a P4D Diff brace on my car.

Regular 5/16 short arm and a cheater on the drain is great. The fill I custom cut a length of 5/16 to just fit and give enough room to get a closed end wrench on it.

Fishing the old plug out of the brace and feeding the new plug in...then tossing the new fill plug up top? Of course at that instant nothing wanted to catch threads. Lol

As far as did they catch anything? The oil pan had one suspect metal shaving and the oil cooler as well but the oil looked good and had no abnormal flakes or color.

The old diff fluid had at least 2 years and 3 full drag & drives all with basement 10s passes every track. About an average amount of clutch material. No discoloration. Using Motul Gear Comp 75w-140 with an extra smidgen of FM. Not a lot. Maybe 1-2oz to treat a 2nd bottle which tops it off. The first one goes in with zero added FM.

 

[16GoManGoHC2]

Have new batch of plugs made, Engine and oil cooler drain plugs, Diff Fill and Drain, and A8 drain plugs. Made a change to the Diff drain plug, doubled magnet size and oriented them to attracting poles on tips, testing showed better collection on both plugs verses opposing polarity on the tips, which I did to help prevent them snapping together and chipping or shattering but they collect better with a attracting field created between the 2 verses opposing, $10 more for the set but the magnet is twice as strong now in the drain plug.

 

[CobrettiJade]

Just picked up a batch of plugs from the dealership today, it took almost a month to get them. I’ll be making up some plugs here in the next few days if anybody wants any get them while I have them, seeming like they’ve been getting hard to get from the dealership of late.
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Do you have any left for a dodge demon 170 for the oil pan and oil cooler? Speedy’s garage mentioned you make these.

 

[16GoManGoHC2]

Do you have any left for a dodge demon 170 for the oil pan and oil cooler? Speedy’s garage mentioned you make these.

Sold out of engine drain plugs at the moment, have some on order, should be here in a week or so. The diff plugs fit the 170 Diff as well, I recommend getting them as well. Should I put you on the contact list for a set once there ready in about 2 weeks?

BTW, THANKS @Speedy! for the mention!!👍🏻👍🏻

 

[16GoManGoHC2]

Regular 5/16 short arm and a cheater on the drain is great. The fill I custom cut a length of 5/16 to just fit and give enough room to get a closed end wrench on it.

Fishing the old plug out of the brace and feeding the new plug in...then tossing the new fill plug up top? Of course at that instant nothing wanted to catch threads. Lol

As far as did they catch anything? The oil pan had one suspect metal shaving and the oil cooler as well but the oil looked good and had no abnormal flakes or color.

The old diff fluid had at least 2 years and 3 full drag & drives all with basement 10s passes every track. About an average amount of clutch material. No discoloration. Using Motul Gear Comp 75w-140 with an extra smidgen of FM. Not a lot. Maybe 1-2oz to treat a 2nd bottle which tops it off. The first one goes in with zero added FM.

Above is one of benefits of using these super magnet plugs. #1, they catch and contain stuff like this, 2 they let you know upon inspection if there is/was anything to catch at a glance, like instant oil analysis result without the wait!! Black slime is fine, flakes here and there normal, big pieces not good. But you know instantly upon seeing the plug. Good to hear @fubar569 your inspection was good!👍🏻

 

[16GoManGoHC2]

Here is a prime example what super magnet plugs can prevent. This is a picture of the oil pump from a TR6060 Hellcat M6 trans that did not have super magnets fitted in it. The pick up tube has a fine filter on it but not fine enough to catch fines small enough that still cause damage. This type of oil pump relies on next to zero clearance (oil film only mostly) between the rotor, its mating female ring, and the case. To build pressure that mating relies on a tight seal between all, only oil film keeps them apart. See all these scratches on all surfaces in these pictures? Well thats not good to keeping a tight seal and making good pressure!! Add to that the M6’s pick up tubes fine screen gets clogged by the bigger pieces that don’t make it through and start to clog it, reducing flow and pressure even more!!



Here is a M6 drain plug



All that stuff would have definitely collected on the pick up tube screen and clogged it over time.


The oil pumps on most engines now use this type of gear rotor pump as well, our 6.2 engines included. The engine oil pick up tube has a screen on it as well, but it’s very coarse, stops about nothing short of pretty large pieces. EVERY piece that’s picked up by the oil pump gets squished between the rotor and its female mating piece and if hard enough (which most will be short of aluminum, how hard you think chrome alloy ring material is? And today’s coatings make them even harder!!) causes scratches and start to reduce pressure and flow. The oil filter is after the oil pump, there’s NOTHING there to protect you oil pump short of a super magnet creating a strong and wide collection field near the inlet screen. That’s what these super magnets do in the oil pan drain!!



In the Differential there is no screen, no filter, no nothing to catch metal contaminants, they just keep getting circulated round and round through the gear meshes and bearings causing wear and creating even more wear particles, ie it’s a vicious cycle without filtration. How to filter out though hard wear causing contaminants? Well without a costly and complex pump and filtration system a super magnet set is about it!!
Here’s collections on a Diff set.


Bottom line, they work!!

 

[16GoManGoHC2]

These blobs and scary looking collections on the plugs when wiped off are mostly a super fine paste of ferrous wear materials. They at most times disappear into a paper towel when wiped off, but occasionally there may be big pieces hiding in that slime too. But all of it is wear causing nasties, it’s all hard materials usually that act like lapping compound wearing surfaces away as it’s ground through them. All stuff best removed and contained from in your lubricants!!




This is what you don’t want to see lol But without the magnet one would may have not known something bad was going on behind the curtain!!