440 Oil Pressure Issues..

brian6pac said
THAT I CAN SEE, I would have inspected the threads real good, it could crack in the thread and be very hard to see and under a vacuum air will get through the smallest crack so, did you inspect the threads or just look at the pipe?

I'll take another look at it. BUT HERE'S THOUGHT...with pics. The pan was probably smashed 1/2 inch. Which in theory would of smashed the pickup right against the pan. If the avenue for oil to get sucked in was SUUUPER small, would it cause the pump to cavitate and starve??