I'd be taking a peek at those rod bearings while you can see them......
I'd speculate that there was a bit of bearing noise and the dealer overfilled the pan to mask the noise. Ethical? No, but they're a used car dealer, so ethics are most likely NOT a priority.
Thirty-plus years ago, I had a friend's family that had an early 1940s Ford dump truck they'd retired and only used to help haul off yard waste and such things.
It knocked a little bit, but if they overfilled the pan by about five quarts, no knock (or at least no 'audible' knock).
The owner's son - my friend's dad - even cut off the dipstick, shortened it and brazed it back together to indicate the 'new' oil level, which was about at the pan rail.....
It also used quite a bit of oil, so when the family changed the oil in a daily driver, they saved it to recycle through the old Ford. Ran and ran and ran and ran.
One of those 'fill the oil and check the gas' deals.
I think they did change the oil filter every couple years.........
GOOD LUCK!
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