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Jorgen... if I understand correctly, debris was on pressure side of relief valve. I'm not familiar with '71 T engine so am applying later knowledge---that being there being nothing between the pressure pump and the relief valve (but for the safety valve.) I've heard of oil pumps going bad which is a possibility (provided '71 T engine oil system is configured similar to later models.) Can't see any gear "teeth" in debris so am not 100% sold on "oil pump failure." Regardless, that's an impressive volume of whatever it is. Something that may be a clue is the fact that debris logged in the pressure relief. The "event" must have triggered an oil blockage downstream from the relief forcing the relief to open ahead of that material making passage in system. The relief must have remained open while the debris settled there---total speculation on my part.
Am very curious where forensics leads here.
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Karl ~~~
Current: '80 Silver Targa w /'85 3.2. 964 cams, SSI, Dansk 2 in 1 out muf, custom fuel feed with spin on filter
Prior: '77 Copper 924. '73 Black 914. '74 White Carrera. '79 Silver, Black, Anthracite 930s.
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