2.3 magnetic drain plug

[RevLimitLaunch]

im about to do an oil change on my ms6...wondering if anyone knows of a magnetic drain plug made for the 2.3 specifically yet? and if no one knows that than does anyone know what thread size the plug may be? called a few parts stores and they didn't know. and unfortunatley the dealership isn't open today (sunday). thanks

 

[bombermanx]

ebay is your friend.

 

[mazspd6]

ebay is your friend.

It's kinda funny that we don't have one already when my 1984 Nissan pickup has no less than 5 of them...engine, tranny, trans. case, and both axles., but of course the comparison between them is night and day.
The magnet is merely held on by a small screw, it should be an easy mod if the plug has enough depth to drill a hole and tap it while having enough thread to hold with and not penetrate all the way through the plug when drilling the tap hole. Use a little high temp. loc-tite and should be fine.

It's just an idea.

 

[RevLimitLaunch]

eh when it comes to those i try not to ebay that lol. something gets screwed up or lose...not gonna turn out good. but i need to find out the thread size of the plugs. allenaircraft.com has some crazy magnetic drain plugs...read up on them i believe if i read it right you can unscrew one part just to pull the magnetic part out to see the shavings, without letting oil out!!!

 

[maczter]

Did you ever find out the drain pan plug size? Any idea if it's the same plug used on the MS3?

 

[RevLimitLaunch]

no idea, i had it off the other day too and i was meaning to match up the threads but i was in a rush...boo. ill be doing another oil change in about 2 weeks so unless anyone else finds out the thread size ill get it.

 

[maczter]

Thanks!

 

[Liquid Plat MS6]

I just put one in my MS6 3 weeks ago, during the last oil change. It's the same size (dia and thread) as for other Mazdas. I got it off eBay for about $6 shipped from Hong Kong (bought 2, one for my brother who has a Mazda5) with combined shipping.

The bolt head is different (IIRC it was 14mm, noticeably smaller than the stock one on the MS6, which I think was 17mm or 19mm?) but otherwise it went on fine. One item to note though, the one I got was made from aluminum, with a cylindriacl steel magnet inserted into the end (apparently pressed in as there wasn't any lock screw). If you get the same type I would strongly recommend doing oil changes yourself, to avoid ham fisted oil change "technicians" from stripping the bolt head.

I'm unsure if I will keep the bolt on the car long term. At this time I'm going to see if it picks up anything when I change the oil next. Depending on the result I may just reinstall the stock one.

BTW, if any of you are also active on the Mazda6.club forum I'm SuperCar Tastes - Skoka Budget over there.