I bought a cable camera (would have saved me pulling the valve cover) and will drain it again and get a good look inside the pan. I am betting I find the dip stick tube has been cut too short and the dip stick it going way too deep into the pan. I will check that out and make sure there is no build up of sludge. I have a feeling the pan was grunged up after being run 20K miles with only 4 quarts in the pan. Putting 6 quarts in the pan cleaned the area up.
How full should an oil pan be? This pan has a flat top and baffles to keep the oil from splashing to much over rough terrain. I figured full should be up to the point that the crank can't splash into the oil. By flat top I mean it bolts to the bottom of the engine block without front and rear inlets (half circle) for the crank shaft bearings. The crank bearings for a Triton are entirely enclosed in the cast block.
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