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Old 12-14-2013, 08:54 AM
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Quote from post #9 in this thread.
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Originally Posted by olddog View Post
If it was bearings causing a drop in the engine, you should also see a drop in pressure at the cooler inlet. This tends to say there is a restriction somewhere after the cooler inlet. Perhaps a tear inside a line has a flap folding over at higher flow rates.
The fur ball of teflon tape certainly could move at high flow rates and close off flow like a flap. Or it may just always restrict flow to a small amount, and there is not enough flow to the bearings to keep the oil from overheating.

The question now is: are there more fur balls and where?
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