Well I changed the oil in my 21 Mach 1 yesterday at 1650 miles. I wasn't sure if it had been changed before because I bought it used with 1555 miles on it. So it had been changed before as there was a mess of oil on the inside of the belly tray. I bought a nice oil filter removal tool. but it...
Have you ever built an engine and before start up you prime the oil pump with a drill to spin the pump? How long does it take to get resistance on the drill? Believe me it takes some time. I never put a stop watch on it so I would not be able to give you an exact time. But it does take at least...
Just stating the facts. But I don't care what your gauge reads when cranking all wet sump oil systems DO NOT have instant oil pressure to all the bearings after sitting. And after an oil change it does take some time to get the oil pump primed again. It's just the facts.
It's obvious that the tick is not detrimental to the engine. This has been going on for years and not one has had a catastrophic failure due to the tick that I know of.