[Healeys] Magnetic sump nut

[Richard Mayor]

Yes, they have been around forever.  Race cars almost always use a magnetic plug because if there is any steel flowing around in the oil we want to see it. A magnetic plug will usually catch some of that and it can be readily observed when the plug is removed for an oil change.

Is it necessary?  No.   Is it nice to have?  The better question is:  Do you care?

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> On Jan 11, 2025, at 3:12 AM, Simon Lachlan via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> MAGNETIC DRAIN PLUG - OIL SUMP
> <https://www.ahead4healeys.co.uk/MAGNETIC-DRAIN-PLUG---OIL-SUMP-id5724.aspx>
> 
> Hi,
> I have just ordered one of these rather on the "why not, can't do any harm"
> basis. My question is rather along the lines of "is this thing designed to
> solve a problem that doesn't exist?" ie doesn't the oil filter catch all the
> little bits while the big bits sink into the primordial ooze at the bottom
> of the sump? I, for example, having a PBR servo and a modern starter have
> room for a vast spin-on oil filter down there which could catch most
> things.....
> 
> And my hope is that it has a regular size AF bolt head rather than the
> oddity on the factory fitted one? Does anybody have any input on that?
> 
> Have these things been around forever and I've just never come across them
> or are they quite new?
> 
> Simon
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