So starting last week my car has had a weird problem with the oil pressure. It runs high all the time now. It runs at about 80 psi all the time and only drops down when I am at idle to about 70 psi, and sometimes when accelerating "heavily" it goes to the first mark pass the 80 psi point, and every once in a while it smells like burning oil when I am stopped at a light. There is no oil level loss though or anything and I am confused. Any ideas as to what could be wrong?

Thanks, Brad

P.*. I am using 10w30 regular oil

typically when a sender begins to fail, it fails to the high side....

i would try and get a mechanical gauge to get real readings

and if you need to replace, shoot for the AC delco, as other Senders have been known to provide inaccurate and not consistent readings

yeah, I just replaced it about 7 months ago cause it failed, not sure if it was AC Delco or not though. I will just have my work look at it maybe. I just don't wanna pay for it........ha ha

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