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Old 02-18-2016, 08:18 AM   #23
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This is pretty much mostly hype. Oil filter will trap most--surely >95%--of the dangerous stuff.
Lots of engines go hundreds of thousands of miles without magnets in their oil.
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I think I have to agree with lkchris, don't really need the magnets when the filter is there already doing the same thing - stopping metal flakes AND other non-magnetic debris, like aluminum, dirt, etc from getting into the engine.
Bought a boxster last year... had regular drain plug. Look what the magnetic drain plug caught that the oil filter did not.

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