Oil Filter Magnets

Does anyone have a magnet on their oil filter?   Is there any difference between the different manufactures out there?

Dont waste your money. If they really worked the filter manufatur would put them in or/and they would be standard on cars from the factory.

On the other side of the option, I have had an opportunity to be present when a 2 different filters were cut open, there was a fdair amount of metal building up on the inside of the filter cans when a filter magnet was used. Yes, they do work and work well, yes they are a little pricy.
https://www.expeditionexchange.com/filtermag/

Sure, they trap particles that are already being trapped on the "dirty" side of the filter. My question is, are they really trapping anything smaller than what can be trapped by the filter? It looks like they claim it does, but they don't give any quantities. Maybe only 1% of the particles are actually down to 2 microns. I'm suspicious, especially at those prices. Just something to think about.

Did you read the information from the link I posted. I can't see how you can question the fact that they do stop more then even the best filters that, if I remember right only filter down to 8 microns, any less and they plug up and cause flow and or by-pass problems.

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ORIGINAL: Spike555

If they really worked the filter manufatur would put them in or/and they would be standard on cars from the factory.

 
This is really the worst justification for not using something I have ever heard. Kinda pisses me off when people say this. If it was true, Land Rovers would have come out with 8MM wires and better plugs. There are ways of improving things to be better than the manufacturer put them out.
 
If you don't think they work, say you don't and tell why, don't just say that they weren't made that way, so they can't be better..

No, I did not scroll down that far, I thought it was just a products page. That's some pretty good analysis, there's a big difference in the 2 and 5 micron range (below what a filter can do). It looks like that answered my question.

I heard that they will give you gains of 5-10HP

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ORIGINAL: okdiscoguy

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ORIGINAL: Spike555

If they really worked the filter manufatur would put them in or/and they would be standard on cars from the factory.

This is really the worst justification for not using something I have ever heard. Kinda pisses me off when people say this. If it was true, Land Rovers would have come out with 8MM wires and better plugs. There are ways of improving things to be better than the manufacturer put them out.

If you don't think they work, say you don't and tell why, don't just say that they weren't made that way, so they can't be better..

Consider the source . Some people read up on new information and make their own decisions others base their statements on info from unreliable sources.

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ORIGINAL: PITTDISCO

I heard that they will give you gains of 5-10HP

You did get some really bad info. Oil filters will in no way improve MPG.

He was kidding Mike.... j/k means just kidding...

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ORIGINAL: okdiscoguy

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ORIGINAL: Spike555

If they really worked the filter manufatur would put them in or/and they would be standard on cars from the factory.

This is really the worst justification for not using something I have ever heard. Kinda pisses me off when people say this. If it was true, Land Rovers would have come out with 8MM wires and better plugs. There are ways of improving things to be better than the manufacturer put them out.

If you don't think they work, say you don't and tell why, don't just say that they weren't made that way, so they can't be better..

 
 
Good point. Car manufacturers are in the business of making a profit and producing a product on a certain budget therefore will compromise cost vs. quality on components so that they will last long enough to get the vehicle to the end of the warranty and that's about it. 

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ORIGINAL: okdiscoguy

He was kidding Mike.... j/k means just kidding...

Thanks for the feed back.
Take care,