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Engine Oil has metal

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Hey all you Pitts drivers with IO-540's My buddy was flying the other day and he was finishing up on his routine for the airshow when he noticed on a negative push that his oil pressure was around 33psi so he went to upright position and noticed the oil pressure came to 65. Normal oil pressure for this engine is around 78psi. What could cause this? We did a compression check and the number 4 cylinder was holding 77/80 but we heard a lot of air escaping out the oil dipstick. We dumped the oil and in the oil filter there is shinny metal almost invisible but you could see it with a magnifying glass. We are going to send the oil to be analyzed by a shop. Has anyone experienced this before?

Andy
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