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TrickyMicky:
Regarding the comment made about fitting a sump plug with a magnetic tip, I was advised many years ago to avoid these like the plague. Normal wear and tear in an engine will produce minute metallic swarf which should be held by the oil filter, the problem with the magnetic plugs is that they attract the swarf into one lump and if that should become loosened then you have a rather large lump of metal rubbish travelling round your engine. In later years when I worked for a car gearbox re-conditioning firm, after stripping out the innards of the old boxes, we were instructed to throw away the magnets which were often fitted in the base of the box for the very same reason.

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