[jb92563]

I'm going to silicone and zip tie the magnets to the mid section of the filter with one magnet per flute, so about 14.
I will see how that works and if not so secure I will make some ABS plastic magnet holders with my 3D printer to help hold them in place.

Since the magnets are well clear of the end, using a filter socket is no problem.

The 14 High temp magnets I chose are 2" x 1/2" x 1/8" so they are low profile and don't interfere with anything. ~$45 shipped.

They are super strong and while unpacking them I got 2 stuck to each other and it takes quite a bit of force to pry them apart. They are packed with 1/8" plastic strips between them to help keep them from sticking to each other.

(Regular Neodyium magnets are much cheaper but permanently loose their magnetism at about 175F, the High temp variety are much more expensive but good to about 320F which hopefully they will not reach being outside in the airflow.)

I'm waiting on my oil and filter element to be delivered any day now so I can commence the oil change and attach the magnets. Perhaps this weekend.

I'll take pictures and document what I find on the oil plug magnet and filter paper as a base line and then we will see at the next oil change how things worked out.


Does anyone know if I can take off the oil filter with the engine full of oil without the whole engines oil draining out?
I'd like to check the filter/magnets before the next oil change if I can do it without loosing too much oil in the process.