Valve stem seals

seabeelt · Post by **seabeelt** » Tue Oct 09, 2012 2:59 pm

Anyone ever change these. PO on the 71 bought some because the car was burning oil. My experience is that this really doesnt cause a lot of oil burning, but rather the rings seem to be the more likley culprit. Thoughts out there

baltobernie · Post by **baltobernie** » Tue Oct 09, 2012 5:28 pm

If the engine smokes only at startup, the valve seals are probably bad. If the engine smokes under high vacuum (downhill, in gear, throttle closed), then the piston rings are probably bad.

seabeelt · Post by **seabeelt** » Wed Oct 10, 2012 10:55 am

It's not just at start up, I'm thinking rings, so a rebuild may be in its future. In the mean time I may drop the 1800 into it so that I can have a little driving fun while the other one gets done up

Valve stem seals

Valve stem seals

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