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On 27 Apr 2001, at 23:21, Hal Sullivan wrote: > At 11:13 PM 4/27/01 -0500, Jim Adney wrote: > >It's not a BAD idea, but I really don't think it would be all that > >helpful. Most of the wear particles in an engine are non magnetic, > >but then Berg has sometimes suggested clamping a cow magnet > >to the side of the oil pickup pipe. I thought that was rather "off the > >wall." > > If by this you mean the road draft tube (from the gen stand on an upright > engine), then I can see a certain amount of logic to the idea. They meant the tube inside the case that runs from the filter screen to the oil pump. I thought it was off the wall because that tube is steel and would shield most of the magnetic field from inside the tube. I thought their idea was to capture particles that were in the tube and on the way to the pump, but I don't think this would work. It would probably work to just grab the random particles out of the oil in the sump, but cow magnets are very smooth and slippery and I would be concerned about their coming loose so now you have a big loose magnet AND a large hose clamp loose in there. - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org