Oil and Magnets

This morning I asked my daughter if she happened to have any old computer hard disks laying around.

I think she was initially puzzled when I explained to her that I required the magnets from inside the disk to use on the oil filter of the bus.

The reason is that many of the parts in engines are made up of ferrous metals. When the parts begin to wear, they create small particles that float in the oil. Placing Neodymium magnets on the oil filter and sump will trap the particles.

It is then a case of when changing your oil, you can easily remove all the trapped particles.

it just gives the engine a lot longer life which is always a very good thing!

For your information, you may find the following sites of interest if you would like to try this yourself. You can buy commercial products as well but as you all know, I prefer to make my own!

• http://www.carbibles.com/engineoil_bible.html Scroll down about three quaters of the page and look for the title: Magnetised oil traps – doing it yourself
• http://www.evilution.co.uk/index.php?page=modpage&id=236&men=Engine

Changing your oil

This video gives you instructions on changing your own oil.

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