Oil pressure waaaay too high ..., happened suddenly Options

[SirAndy]

this morning, i had to go to a meeting in SF and the car was running fine and all was good.

then, this evening i went to pick up my GF from work and when i started the car, the oil pressure went through the roof.

i have the 0-5 gauge and normally the pressure at idle is about ~2 and under full load close to 5.

now i'm getting 4-5 at idle and the needle hits the stop under load. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif)

i checked on the oil cooler and thermostat, both work fine, supply and return line get hot/warm, so the oil is circulating in the lines.
they engine sounds normal and i don't see any oil squirting out of the block anywhere.

anyone know what could be wrong?
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) Andy

PS: the motor is a '95 3.6L from a 993 ...

[Grngoat]

That's right, I remember seeing pics of your gauges before. That probably would have been easier, but I've spend enough money on the gauges, I'm not changing now!

Yeah, I need to find a 10 bar sender. That makes more sense when I think about the math. I've got the right sender for the temp gauge, check engine light is mounted in the console. Well, it's laying loose in the console and I'm going to mount it one day, but you get the idea.

Thanks.