Filtermag has arrived - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Captain Snooze · 01-14-2013, 06:54 PM

I bought this from http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/store...Term=filtermag

I like the concept and looks superior to a drain plug magnet. Yeah, the magnets are f**king strong. I can't pull the device off, it has to be slidden off the top of the filter.

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Xauterus · 01-15-2013, 01:14 AM

Where is all that metal coming from? I would just change the filter regularly instead. If you have serious metal going through your filter then you have a serious problem with your engine.

It can really only come from the camshaft timing chains and sprockets anyway.

OrbitalEllipses · 01-15-2013, 01:17 AM

Haha! I bought the red one too. I tried to take it off and gave up, figuring that it'd only slide off those few times I do an oil change.

Captain Snooze · 01-15-2013, 01:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Xauterus

Where is all that metal coming from? I would just change the filter regularly instead. If you have serious metal going through your filter then you have a serious problem with your engine.

It can really only come from the camshaft timing chains and sprockets anyway.

It is more a case of additional filtering. The Filtermag blurb goes like this : oil filters "only" filter down to about 20 microns. The magnets trap the ultra fine stuff the filter misses. I have not seen evidence of this and I do not know if sub 20 micron ferrous material will cause significant wear over the life of the engine but I like the concept and I don't think there are any cons. It is a device to keep the oil just that little bit cleaner.

adamc · 01-15-2013, 06:24 AM

So which model did you get?

AGM6789 · 01-15-2013, 06:44 AM

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Originally Posted by adamc

So which model did you get?

Yeah wondering this too.. Had a look at the link you gave, but there were other red filter mags

Captain Snooze · 01-15-2013, 06:50 AM

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Originally Posted by adamc

So which model did you get?

RA300
http://www.jegs.com/i/FilterMAG/384/RA300/10002/-1

adamc · 01-15-2013, 07:03 PM

Thanks Captain. Think I'll grab one too.

Xdragonxb0i · 01-21-2013, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Captain Snooze

RA300
http://www.jegs.com/i/FilterMAG/384/RA300/10002/-1

Have anyone found any alternatives? 75 dollars is steep. I was hoping like 45. But I will still buy the biggest magnet u could afford and will fit on the filter

Captain Snooze · 01-22-2013, 07:08 AM

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Car-Engin...item2c62688239

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Universal-Ma...e6714a&vxp=mtr

t.chk · 04-15-2014, 09:32 PM

Good idea since I went and bought a fumoto valve and was missing the magnetic plug for easy changes.

w3bhead · 07-23-2014, 06:49 PM

Just wondering, do I need 2 of these to cover the whole circumference of the oil filter or will one filtermag on one side do?

t.chk · 07-24-2014, 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by w3bhead

Just wondering, do I need 2 of these to cover the whole circumference of the oil filter or will one filtermag on one side do?

I have just one, there is room to have 2 if you want that 'wrap around'. It depends on how hard you are driving it. If you track your car or drive it really hard consistently I would go with 2. If you are just daily driving then 1 should be fine. I have have it just because I got rid of the magnetic drain plug.

Also, can be found here since original link not working anymore. http://www.summitracing.com/parts/ftm-ra300

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Captain Snooze Because compromise ® Join Date: Jan 2012 Drives: Red Herring Location: australia Posts: 7,817 Thanks: 4,047 Thanked 9,548 Times in 4,194 Posts Mentioned: 60 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Filtermag has arrived I bought this from http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/store...Term=filtermag I like the concept and looks superior to a drain plug magnet. Yeah, the magnets are f*king strong. I can't pull the device off, it has to be slidden off the top of the filter. Last edited by Captain Snooze; 09-27-2015 at 03:40 AM.*

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01-15-2013, 01:14 AM	#2
Xauterus Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: GTS 86 Galaxy Blue Location: Brisbane Australia Posts: 212 Thanks: 8 Thanked 35 Times in 26 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Where is all that metal coming from? I would just change the filter regularly instead. If you have serious metal going through your filter then you have a serious problem with your engine. It can really only come from the camshaft timing chains and sprockets anyway.

01-15-2013, 01:17 AM	#3
OrbitalEllipses Banned Join Date: Jan 2012 Drives: Attitude Location: MD Posts: 10,046 Thanks: 884 Thanked 4,890 Times in 2,903 Posts Mentioned: 123 Post(s) Tagged: 4 Thread(s)	Haha! I bought the red one too. I tried to take it off and gave up, figuring that it'd only slide off those few times I do an oil change.

01-22-2013, 07:08 AM	#10
Captain Snooze Because compromise ® Join Date: Jan 2012 Drives: Red Herring Location: australia Posts: 7,817 Thanks: 4,047 Thanked 9,548 Times in 4,194 Posts Mentioned: 60 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Car-Engin...item2c62688239 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Universal-Ma...e6714a&vxp=mtr

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w3bhead Member Join Date: May 2013 Drives: A Car Location: Here, there and everywhere. :) Posts: 27 Thanks: 16 Thanked 10 Times in 6 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Just wondering, do I need 2 of these to cover the whole circumference of the oil filter or will one filtermag on one side do?

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