So it may have been an issue from the start
I would get a second gauge on there and see what it says, if it reads the same we may have an issue, and i would expect excess clearances in the bearings (but that would just be a wild guess)
One of my fathers friends had mentioned to me before that it might have been an oil plug under the intake missing. I do not remember plugging any thing in the lifter valley before installing the intake. I did not know what he was talking about.
