gathermewool
Site Donor 2023
I purchased a magnetic drain plug for my WEN inverter-generator last year for two reasons:
1. The OEM plug is poorly designed and allows for leakage
2. I wanted to see how much ferrous material it would attract
In a previous thread, I believe I recall someone stating that small engines like this don't have any components that would shed ferrous material, and that a magnetic plug would be worthless. This does NOT appear to be the case.
The following pictures are with relatively fresh oil, on a generator with < 50 hrs total run time.
I also pulled the plug and re-gapped it, since it was 0.01 over:
I added some gas and ran'er with a 1.5kW heater for 30 minutes as an opcheck this afternoon. Worked well.
1. The OEM plug is poorly designed and allows for leakage
2. I wanted to see how much ferrous material it would attract
In a previous thread, I believe I recall someone stating that small engines like this don't have any components that would shed ferrous material, and that a magnetic plug would be worthless. This does NOT appear to be the case.
The following pictures are with relatively fresh oil, on a generator with < 50 hrs total run time.
I also pulled the plug and re-gapped it, since it was 0.01 over:
I added some gas and ran'er with a 1.5kW heater for 30 minutes as an opcheck this afternoon. Worked well.