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[TR] Oils and the Sump Drain Plug Magnet

Subject: [TR] Oils and the Sump Drain Plug Magnet
From: ahwahneetr at gmail.com (Geo Hahn)
Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2012 06:49:59 -0700
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Seems unlikely to me since iron & nickel are the only common elements I
know of that are attracted to the magnets.

I do modify those magnetic drain plugs commonly sold by breaking and
digging out the fairly lame magnet that comes in them and JBWelding a
rare-earth magnet in its place.

Geo

On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 5:19 AM, <terryrs at comcast.net> wrote:

> ...While I know the zinc in the Valvoline Racing Oil I'm running for
> break-in is not magnetic.  ...But...are there other elements in the oil
> that would be sucked from the chemical composition by a strong magnetic
> field?

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