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TECHNICAL MOTOBRICK WRENCHING In Remembrance of Inge K. => The Motobrick Workshop => Topic started by: branandfox on January 10, 2013, 10:49:04 AM

Title: magnetic drain plugs, are they necessary?
Post by: branandfox on January 10, 2013, 10:49:04 AM
Im shopping for all my upgrades for my K100, one of the upgrades im unsure is even that viable is the magnetic drain plugs for the tranny, Final drive, and engine. as listed here:

http://www.beemerboneyard.com/k7k1k1drpl.html (http://www.beemerboneyard.com/k7k1k1drpl.html)

anyone have these and notice a good increase in helping to filter out contaminants?
Title: Re: magnetic drain plugs, are they necessary?
Post by: frankenduck on January 10, 2013, 11:00:14 AM
FD and tranny have them from the factory.  Yes, they work.

Anything in the engine oil should be picked up by the filter.

JHMO...
Title: Re: magnetic drain plugs, are they necessary?
Post by: branandfox on January 10, 2013, 01:26:40 PM
dualy noted, getting the PC racing flo reusable stainless steel filter for my K, with magnets inside of it as well. ill just order the FD and tranny plugs then.
Title: Re: magnetic drain plugs, are they necessary?
Post by: frankenduck on January 10, 2013, 01:29:13 PM
Your bike already has perfectly good FD/tranny magnetic drain plugs in it from the factory. Why bother replacing them?
Title: Re: magnetic drain plugs, are they necessary?
Post by: Chaos on January 10, 2013, 01:33:41 PM
Don't know if it would help anything, but couldn't hurt to have one in the sump too.  I'd be curious to see what if anything it picked up, and if chunks showed up it could alert you to an impending meltdown. 
Title: Re: magnetic drain plugs, are they necessary?
Post by: wmax351 on January 10, 2013, 02:11:02 PM
Quote from: branandfox on January 10, 2013, 01:26:40 PM
dualy noted, getting the PC racing flo reusable stainless steel filter for my K, with magnets inside of it as well. ill just order the FD and tranny plugs then.

I wouldn't use the reusable stainless filter. There is no need. The stock filter has plenty of flow, and a good quality one is fully capable of filtering everything out. You can use the high quality Bosch ones, rather than the BMW ones, for ~3 bucks a piece.