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People seem to encourage the use of a magnetic drain plug but what affect does this have on the oil analysis?
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People seem to encourage the use of a magnetic drain plug but what affect does this have on the oil analysis?
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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

People seem to encourage the use of a magnetic drain plug but what affect does this have on the oil analysis? Seems like it would skew the results by removing some of the iron from the analysis and possibly disguise the very problem you were hoping the UOA would prevent? If this isn't an issue, why not?

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It gives you instant feedback when you do an oil change and I'd rather have those particles on the plug than in circulation, however small they may be.

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I believe the oil analysis measures more PPM of metals rather than chunks, I doubt the magnet would skew the results that much.

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Well, no one seems concerned about this but me. Here is the reply I received from Blackstone. I was hoping for something scholarly. It's just fine to install a magnetic drain plug. I did an experiment a few years back with two of my cars and adding a magnetic drain plug didn't seem to alter our results much at all. We'll still be able to get a good look at how steel parts are wearing.

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