Oil Pressure

[ericm88]

I've looked around and I think oil pressure sender might be bad. I wanted to ask to see what you all think. I drove around today and oil pressure was good. Tonight when I got in my car to drive home I noticed the oil pressure sitting around 110 or so, its not all the way pegged out. I checked my oil and it is normal and everything sounds and feels okay. It seems like the oil pressure does rise a little with RPM too. I'm not sure if it is the sending unit. What do you think?

Thanks in advance.

[viper8907]

Definitely the sender. My started reading high too, and eventually pegged at 120. I just got a new one in this weekend and it reads 60 psi at idle again.

[dematka]

Yep, I just fixed this. Reading way too high and LEAKING OIL! The sender starts leaking and messes up the reading. Fix two problems with one repair - and it's cheap and easy!

[kristie_jeff]

Sorry to intrude, but what should the "normal" pressure be? I assume it would change a bit with different oil weights, and maybe with temperature too, but i was curious.

I'm loosing a little bit of oil somewhere that I can't find, and depending on whether or not my pressure is high, maybe I found out why.

[00Beast]

Normal is subjective to your car. What pressures are you reading? I see about 60 PSI cold idle, 45 PSI hot, 65-70 PSI driving. This is my aeroforce's numerical reading, not my stock gauge.