Magnets for aluminum pan
03-31-2016, 05:41 PM
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Magnets for aluminum pan I'm about to install an aluminum pan on my Colorado's 4L60E, I've searched and cant find much info on magnets. Is everyone relying on a magnetic drain plug? Should I try to attach a larger one with high temp RTV?
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What he said. I was surprised the oil drain plug wasn't magnetic on the LH8 it came with. Did some reading and most of the wear parts are non-ferrous, makes sense. The pan I bought came with a regular plug no magnet. My pan is to just buy a magnetic plug that fits and leave it at that and I'm guessing that's what most people do since I couldn't find any information otherwise. I know a magnet isn't going to make a huge difference but I'd like to help it any way I can.
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03-31-2016, 07:51 PM
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I took a 3"x3" magnet (cut from a sheet), drilled a small hole in its middle and then pressed it onto one of the spacer tabs of the filter. Since the pan presses on the filter via its tabs, the magnet shouldn't move. When I last dropped the pan, the magnet had not moved.
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03-31-2016, 09:21 PM
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You dont want oil washing over any kind of adhesive. I wasn't sure if you meant you wanted to attach a magnet inside the pan, or outside. Certainly anything inside the pan is a bad idea, unless it bolts in somehow, and even then I wouldnt want to drill an additional hole (another place for leaks). I don't see much harm in attaching a powerful magnet to the outside of the pan somehow, if it falls off no harm there I suppose. Although its usefulness is in question, since you would have to remove the pan to see what it caught, and if it did ever fall off, it could let go of a large lump of material. Its starting to sound like a really bad idea.
The reason you dont want oil touching the adhesive is because hot oil will facilitate reactions with whatever is in the adhesive, i.e. you will contaminate the oil quality. I don't even want outside air in my oil, let alone some industrial "glue".
The reason you dont want oil touching the adhesive is because hot oil will facilitate reactions with whatever is in the adhesive, i.e. you will contaminate the oil quality. I don't even want outside air in my oil, let alone some industrial "glue".