oil pressure help

[iluvmy72]

OK...I posted this on the 88-98 section of the site and the bums gave no advice.......So i'm posting this question to the always reliable 67-72 area......Problem I've been noticing the last couple of weeks the smell of burning oil on the exterior of the engine area. I look down in front of the engine where the arms and joints are, and I can see newley wet caked on oil covering them so it looks as though a small leak is somewhere in the front area. And yesterday while driving I notice my oil pressure way low so like a dumbass I freaked and put 3 quarts of oil in the thing without checking the dipstick. Now it's way over and I've have to remove some. It seems to me I have a pressure leak somewhere....but where should I look first? and why is the pressure showing so low if it's so high on the dipstick?.....I have a 94 4X4 with a 454 and towe package.

[Tx Firefighter]

Check the oil pressure sending unit gor leaks.

Also, some big block trucks of that year had an external oil cooler in the front with two lines running to it. Check them for leaks.

[bryanw1968]

Check to make sure that your PCV valve is working properly. If not, you will build up blow by pressure and blow it right out of the gaskets. Did this just start?
Good luck,
B

[iluvmy72]

yeah this just started

[sodak69c10]

hello, i had a problem kinda of like that with low oil pressure when i first started it it had great pressure but at temp it only ran like 20 lbs at idle i put a pump on it solved the prob, but it sounds like it could be coming from the front crank seal, isn't powersteering fuild is it?

[RACINJASON22]

why is the pressure showing so low if it's so high on the dipstick?

No relation between oil pressure and oil level. RJ22