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UPDATE: So I picked up a mechanical oil pressure gauge today and hooked it up to the engine. It read 35 psi at start and then over the course of 25 minutes idling the gauge slowly dropped to 14 psi. Which is more or less what the small gauge in the dash does. So is low oil pressure just "Deuce Normal"? What could account for that slow fade in psi? Can a sending unit or gauge wear out and read low but not completely fail? Or does this sound like an issue I haven't even considered yet, such as a worn oil pressure regulator or something else?
There also is that oil leak coming from the fording plug on the bell housing but it didn't do that today, maybe shrinking/swelling rear main seal perhaps? A related problem or just coincidental? The motor has 400ish hours on it, is that young for these? And if so, would a young motor already be having main bearing/crank/rod issues? I'd like to have as much input as possible from you guys who've been caring for these things longer than I have before I go adding some kind of stop leak/seal repair junk and chasing my uneducated hunches.
There also is that oil leak coming from the fording plug on the bell housing but it didn't do that today, maybe shrinking/swelling rear main seal perhaps? A related problem or just coincidental? The motor has 400ish hours on it, is that young for these? And if so, would a young motor already be having main bearing/crank/rod issues? I'd like to have as much input as possible from you guys who've been caring for these things longer than I have before I go adding some kind of stop leak/seal repair junk and chasing my uneducated hunches.
