Magnetic Sump Plugs

[Wootty]

Any good or just a gimmick???

£29 for the Spoon one or £5-£10 for a generic one off ebay????

 

[mikegsi]

ive just bought these

£25 delivered for both the spoon sump and gearbox ones

ixauto off ebay, bought loads of spoon stuff off him at really good prices, highly recommend him and his service!!

 

[dan the man]

spoon ones come in a pair. one long , one short..which is which?

 

[C&S Evo7]

One for the gearbox and one for the engine :wink:

 

[mikegsi]

from the process of deduction im hoping the longer one is for the oil sump, the shorter for the gearbox??


if not then pls correct me cos these are getting fitted at my next service!!!!!

 

[Jayk]

they can help, i changed my gearbox oil on my 45k service, 30k early, and there were no metal bits at all, oil was in really good condition! unlike my track saxo when most of the gearbox almost fell out. same for engine oil, for a few bob i cant see why there not worth having

 

[dan the man]

One for the gearbox and one for the engine :wink:

wow which school did u go to!!!

I meant one is longer so which goes in sumnp and which in gear box :?:

 

[mikegsi]

I meant one is longer so which goes in sumnp and which in gear box :?:

from the process of deduction im hoping the longer one is for the oil sump, the shorter for the gearbox?

due to the sump being deeper and holding a higher level of oil.....

 

[C&S Evo7]

One for the gearbox and one for the engine :wink:

wow which school did u go to!!!

I meant one is longer so which goes in sumnp and which in gear box :?:

I know what you meant numpty, was just teasing. Longer one is for the sump. :wink:

It is a good mod, nearly every race car out there will have something like this, i've even seen magnets glued and zip tied on to cars.

If any particles are present it doesnt necessarily mean your engine is about to pop, but if the parts are identifiable it can help, i.e bits of gear teeth. It also helps prevent them floating around. The dc5 gearbox has a magnetic strip fitted as std but its inside so can't be cleaned without splitting the box.
Don't forget with modern engines many of the parts are non ferrous so arn't magnetic anyhow, cylinder head, pistons etc.
IMO worth the twenty odd quid.

 

[Yella Fella]

Just to revive this bad boy thread than start a new one

I'm looking at a few so far, I've seen J's Racing, Spoon, and Skunk 2 offerings... assuming all do the same unless some are more "magnetic" than others? :lol:

Anyways, if its worth it, I'll get one in time for my next TGM oil upgrades next month.

Guessing the engine sump is more important than the transmission one?

 

[sovietspybob]

I'd have thought the gearbox one would be more important as that hasn't got a filter or anything to capture particles in?

Saying that i've only got a magnetic plug in my sump and not in my gearbox :lol:

 

[sinbad]

Definitely worth it, get the cheapest one as they all do the same thing, gearbox and sump ones both work well

 

[-Woody-]

Re:

ive just bought these

£25 delivered for both the spoon sump and gearbox ones

ixauto off ebay, bought loads of spoon stuff off him at really good prices, highly recommend him and his service!!

Cant seem to find these? Or cheapo ones for that matter....?

 

[C&S Evo7]

Kin ell, post revival or what,

call TGM he will be able to get you some, either, Spoon, Mugen or J's Racing,

 

[LeeH]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Skunk2-Magnetic-S ... 3f03b3abf6

 

[Yella Fella]

Re: Re:

ive just bought these

£25 delivered for both the spoon sump and gearbox ones

ixauto off ebay, bought loads of spoon stuff off him at really good prices, highly recommend him and his service!!

Cant seem to find these? Or cheapo ones for that matter....?

I got mine cheap from Sumo Power at Jap Show

 

[Marpol]

Ive just bought some skunk2 ones for £25 from funky powers ebay shop.

They label the longer one for the gearbox and shorter for sump!

I fitted the gearbox one at the weekend when I changed the gearbox oil and on inspection the thread on the gearbox is really long so using the shorter one probably wouldnt have much effect? So I fitted the longer one

 

[sinbad]

They label the longer one for the gearbox and shorter for sump!

Im pretty sure it should be the other way arround. Are you sure you read it right?

 

[Marpol]

This was the picture I went off...

 

[sinbad]

http://www.skunk2.com/mm5/merchant.mvc? ... de=FTMODPS

The long one could potentially hit year gear depending on the length of the magnet, hence why its shorter.