Gearwrench Magnetic Oil Plug Socket Set

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Hopefully your magnetic drain plug isn't the same polarity as these magnetic wrenches. While that might be funny as a prank, it is not something you want to pay to experience yourself. My non-magnetic socket set is more than adequate for an oil change, but this could be useful if you have to reach awkward places and don't want to drop you nut into an engine or something. Though the limited range of sizes may pose a problem and you may just want to get a rare-earth magnet and slap it on the walmart special set you already have.

Have you ever changed car oil with normal wrenches? That's funny if you hands are wet with hot oil, right? In 4 1.

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I agree w/ #1 although I wouldn't buy wally-world sockets. get craftman or some other brand that has lifetime warranty.

#2, you're an idiot if you're changing oil while it's hot.

Gearwrench makes very good stuff.

#5 Some like it hot. Actually, it's supposed to be hot or warm to drop the viscosity for draining.

I agree, warm is better than cold, but you'll get hot oil on you no matter what.

But I'm not sure how #1 drops a nut into the engine while changing oil. Last time I looked, gravity causes the only "nut" I unbolt, which is the sump plug, to fall downwards away from the underside of the engine where it is located. And there certainly aren't any places where a nut can just drop into the engine. If there were, that would imply a grave problem with compression.

So I'm beginning to believe that the only nut around #1's engine is #1.

#1: I recommend taking your car to a repair shop before you hurt yourself and damage something.

#5 milf_hunter - Posted 9:39 am PDT 07/30/08 (1777 Posts) #2, you're an idiot if you're changing oil while it's hot.

Actually in all honesty it's better to change it when it's "warm" than cold .... not saying you should change it right after you turned off the engine but you should not do it when it's cold either...

Thanks, #10, for restating what I said an hour and a half before what you wrote.

Oink

#2 I actually use a rebate set from Pepboys that has a lifetime warranty and have used it already with no problems. The store around here went out of business though so now I might have to get a craftsman set next time I break something.

#9 I'm not dropping nuts into my engine during an oil change, I'm pointing out an actual useful application for this set. There have been a few times when taking off an intake or bumper that you might not want to lose the nut. While they won't fall into the engine technically, they would be difficult to reach because of said engine.

There are a lot of nuts around my engine, I just happen to be the biggest one.

I put on a thick rubber coated utility glove. While it's clean it gives enough grip that I usually won't need a filter wrench to loosen up the filter, then after the filter is loosened a turn I take the nut off still wearing the glove.

It doesn't make that much of a difference if the oil is cold or warm when draining it. If the automobile has sat around long enough for the oil to get cold then it's drained to the bottom more and whether you get out every last drop isn't much of a factor, the entire engine still has a film of oil in it anyway. Maybe a slight bit less sludge comes out when it's cold but not much difference there unless your engine is chewing itself apart already and that is also effectively handled by the oil filter.

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