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Originally Posted by JackDidley
Hate to say it but it sounds to me like the bearings are getting thin.
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To prepare myself, I’ve been looking at oil pump replacement and engine replacement.
The oil pump is not in the oil pan, but behind the timing chain cover and chains. A lot more involved. But something I could do. The pump is about $300 or $400, but as long as I’m in there, you want to do timing chains, ramps, etc.
An engine swap, would take longer than I would like to do by myself. I would probably have somebody else do it with a crate motor by Ford. The motor would be about ~$6000 plus labor.
This is my last vehicle, so if I could get another 233k miles out of it, it would be worth it
I ordered a tune that gives the ability to increase the idle, correct the speedo for tire size, a little more power, etc among other things. I’ll increase the rpm’s by 100 increments and see if I can get to a steady 15 psi at idle. I know it’s putting a Band-Aid on it, but hopefully buys me some time.