Need some help - loosing oil pressure at high rpm's

[Jerry Clayton]

and Teflon is for frying pans, not oil, fuel or brake systems

[madmaxx]

Originally Posted by Jerry Clayton

and Teflon is for frying pans, not oil, fuel or brake systems

Teflon taoe is for idiots!!!!! I pulled chunks out which resembled a hair bAll from a cat.

[olddog]

Quote from post #9 in this thread.

Originally Posted by olddog

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?