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Is the oil cooler plug the same size as the engine pan plug?
 
My 2016 has two different sizes.
 
I once pulled an injector plunger out of the oil pan with one of these on a customer's explorer. We knew the truck wasn't running right, but that sure did make troubleshooting go a lot faster. I like magnetic plugs, but along with some of the other people, I think it just makes me feel better.
 
There is no firm switch over date I am aware of but '15 and some '16 have an M12 in the cooler-late '16 to current have the same M14 plug as the oil pan. The best way to know is either change your own or have the tech show you both plugs...sorry not a definitive answer-maybe someone knows the real deal?
 
Anyone ever bear of a filter mag?
I bought one years ago for my speed boat.
It has strong magnets in it and it just sticks to the side of the oil filter. The idea is all the oil goes through the filter and the magnet traps it. I cut a filter open at the end of the boating season once and was surprised how much metal was cought by the filter. I wonder if it would be safe to use it on my kitty ?
 
Anyone ever bear of a filter mag?
I bought one years ago for my speed boat.
It has strong magnets in it and it just sticks to the side of the oil filter. The idea is all the oil goes through the filter and the magnet traps it. I cut a filter open at the end of the boating season once and was surprised how much metal was cought by the filter. I wonder if it would be safe to use it on my kitty ?
I work for a large heavy equipment company and many filters come equipped with magnets. For those applications, I think it is great. Do you need one? Probably not. Will it make you feel better? Absolutely. I'd say go for it. If you're anal, cut the filters open and check them out. If you like graphs and a more complete understanding of what's happening inside the engine, go to your local Cat dealership and get some oil sample kits. I really like these on diesel engines, but don't keep any gas engines long enough to justify the expense, thought it is not expensive by any means. The true value in these is seeing changes over the course of ownership and potentially avoiding a catastrophic failure. When I built engines, I would do the oil analysis on the second oil change to have peace of mind.
 
One thing to remember is oil to pump is not filtered,oil is filtered after the pump before engine,so is not bad idea to keep metal debris out of pump.i have been too lazy lately to install in my cat but used to run magnet in all my cars.
 
I put all Gold Plugs in mine...
LOLz I asked whoever makes those for a quote on all the plugs for trans, engine, rear end, explaining I wanted to get some before I took my car in to get fluids changed and dyno runs done.

Two weeks or so AFTER the date I needed the plugs, I got an email with a phone number. Literally, that was it. No quote, no info.

Anticipating another abysmal customer service disaster, I had already ordered cylindrical magnets from KJ Magnetics which I placed in the Allen key recesses in the drain/fill plugs (they are super magnets, so they stay there on their own and magnetize the whole plug) and some bar magnets that are magnetized North-South through their thin side, not longitudinally. I slapped ten of those on my oil filter, and populated drain and fill plugs with the cylinder magnets.

Customer service rating for whomever makes the gold drain plugs: minus infinite.

Customer service rating for KJ magnetics: okay. I didn't need any info from them. Their site was plainly laid out and I could pick what I needed.

One advantage of a site with a very wide selection of super magnets is that it got my mind working about other places I could use magnets.

They can hold a wrench nicely, hold a door closed in some small fashion if they are integrated into the hinge (you could put some glue on a bar magnet, shove it in the hole where you removed one of the hinge screws, and shut the door for a few hours while the glue dried.) A variety of things that you would not think of until you saw VERY strong magnets at work.

Don't get your fingers between two of them, whatever you do. You may feel like Drew Barrymore's character in Irreconcilable Differences.
 
Hey All,
I carry most Dimple plugs for Modern Hemi's in stock and they are Veteran made in USA. I can't speak for them today but I can say the owners are older and had some health issues in the last year so my current inventory may be it for awhile-they are crazy powerful neodymium and made by hand very precisely. Thanks, Jettster
 
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