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Jan 12, 2018 | 06:29 PM

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speakerfritz

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You can google npt magnetic plug and then match up the size.

I put the plug in the port intended for sensor

Jan 12, 2018 | 09:02 PM

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Mixer man

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Originally Posted by speakerfritz

Yes that sounds great But, as I said,I’ve never seen a case of a personal vehicle owner saying my iron or aluminum was high so I pulled the engine and my bearings were shot, lifters fried,etc.All I ever see are the narrative comments on the oil sample saying , good job, oil looks fine, extend the drain ( and pay me for another oil sample).

Oil sampling originally was not intended for these grocery-getters, but others saw the value in it. It's true that you haven't seen a thread where someone has taken full advantage of analysis for these small engines and headed off a catastrophic failure, but I'll speculate it's from lack of dedicated resources required, and the will, understanding, and discipline to apply it. That said, I have never seen a magnetic drain plug detect small amounts of fuel or coolant in the oil (this is where the trending is valuable). If you keep getting boring reports, that's a good thing. Better than seeing a spike in something you don't want. You don't get it, but that's ok too.

Jan 12, 2018 | 10:09 PM

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73F700

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I understand oil sampling in large engine applications where the oil change expense is far greater and other factors are at play.

For me, on my daily driver, if I did do an oil sample and it came back with bad news, I would prolly drive it till it quit anyway. Only difference is I would have known it was going to quit before it actually happened.

Oh wait, I know that anyway.... :-missing

Jan 13, 2018 | 07:06 AM

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Williams65

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Have to agree with both sides of that discussion.........but, being brand new to the game I am looking forward to my first oil change and analysis so as to get a "picture" of what's going on with my biggest interest in making sure there's no fuel or antifreeze getting into the mix.........While large amounts would be obvious to the naked eye,..Small amounts of either would give you an indication of an up and coming problem, would it not?

Jan 13, 2018 | 06:03 PM

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speakerfritz

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If I were to embark on this journey, I would start with a sample of relatively new oil

Reason, I don’t know if those numbers are 90% as New, 25% as New , etc.I guess if it was 90% as New after 5k miles that would make the case for extending.