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post Jun 24, 2004 - 5:06 PM
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im gettin some blue smoke when i start the car, but only when i start it.. does that mean my valve seals are bad? and what are valve seals? tongue.gif

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- bonzaisushi   Blue smoke from exhaust on startup?   Jun 24, 2004 - 5:06 PM
- - x_itchy_b_x   yeah valve seals, its notorius with the 5sfe go on...   Jun 24, 2004 - 5:11 PM
- - shid   I've got it too.. Itchy, whats this about repl...   Jun 24, 2004 - 5:29 PM
- - hyp3rk1d   I have it also   Jun 24, 2004 - 5:44 PM
- - Jeremy1210   I have it also... damn old seals.   Jun 24, 2004 - 8:16 PM
- - S_C_M   Same here. I remember reading something a while b...   Jun 24, 2004 - 9:21 PM
- - shid   its not, my mom's minivan has it too   Jun 24, 2004 - 9:55 PM
- - x_itchy_b_x   well i read somewhere that tehy are stonger than o...   Jun 24, 2004 - 10:52 PM
- - shid   well of course they are, but specifics man! th...   Jun 24, 2004 - 10:57 PM
- - x_itchy_b_x   QUOTE (shid @ Jun 24, 2004 - 11:57 PM) well of cou...   Jun 25, 2004 - 12:07 AM
- - Jeremy1210   Yeah itchy, fill us in when you find out info abou...   Jun 25, 2004 - 12:22 PM
- - DJMC_Celica   I have it also, any way of getting rid of it?   Jun 25, 2004 - 4:07 PM
- - brianforster   one thing is for sure, theres no cheap fix for it,...   Jun 25, 2004 - 5:52 PM
- - Hanyo   oh the blue smoke problem. My dads s-10 has the sa...   Jun 26, 2004 - 2:18 AM
|- - laff09   QUOTE(Hanyo @ Jun 26, 2004 - 2:18 AM...   Jan 2, 2007 - 2:22 AM
- - Yota   So eventually, would you be losing oil? Because m...   Jun 28, 2004 - 2:54 AM
- - Hanyo   well, if the valve seals continue to degrade then ...   Jun 28, 2004 - 3:23 AM
- - Yota   This seems like a pretty common problem? Is there...   Jun 28, 2004 - 3:29 AM
- - Hanyo   actually its a real common problem in ALL cars.. ...   Jun 28, 2004 - 3:36 AM
- - Yota   Is it just a "ware and tear" thing, or i...   Jun 28, 2004 - 3:39 AM
- - Hanyo   From what I have seen are these seals start to har...   Jun 28, 2004 - 3:46 AM
- - Yota   Is there any way to contain the blue smoke (i.e. u...   Jun 28, 2004 - 3:49 AM
- - Hanyo   I assume using the heavier oil would work, but i d...   Jun 28, 2004 - 3:59 AM
- - Yota   Is 10W40 not a good idea?   Jun 28, 2004 - 4:04 AM
- - snadman   You know replacing the valve seals and valve guide...   Jun 28, 2004 - 9:46 AM
- - brianforster   QUOTE (snadman @ Jun 28, 2004 - 2:46 PM) You know ...   Jun 28, 2004 - 10:54 AM
- - Jeremy1210   QUOTE The only way to fix this problem is to chang...   Jun 28, 2004 - 4:08 PM
- - Hanyo   replacing the valve guides is a machine shops job....   Jun 28, 2004 - 4:15 PM
- - 1bwilson   itchy, When you do the valve springs make sure you...   Jun 28, 2004 - 5:36 PM
- - Jeremy1210   QUOTE When you do the valve springs make sure you ...   Jun 28, 2004 - 7:04 PM
- - 1bwilson   we can use s2000 shimless buckets in replace of ou...   Jun 28, 2004 - 10:23 PM
- - shid   a coupla days ago I raced an old Nteg.. I was win...   Jun 28, 2004 - 10:42 PM
- - Hanyo   QUOTE (1bwilson @ Jun 28, 2004 - 10:36 PM) itchy, ...   Jun 30, 2004 - 3:21 AM
- - soltrain   Sadness... I checked today, and my celi is putting...   Oct 6, 2004 - 10:01 PM
- - kevstir   im not sure if u guys get ot over there but castro...   Oct 7, 2004 - 4:04 PM
- - OOBE   Valves look like golf tees.   Oct 8, 2004 - 2:49 AM
- - neoklis   Yeah the high mileage castrol oil should work. Als...   Oct 8, 2004 - 6:22 AM
- - toyotatech3   you will have to remove the head to replace the va...   Oct 8, 2004 - 9:08 AM
- - Digndoug   Vlave seals are pretty easy, ALso mine did the sam...   Oct 8, 2004 - 11:03 AM
- - jayi12-15psi   mmm, I must be pretty lucky, mine has about 230,00...   Oct 8, 2004 - 11:37 AM
- - 56willysnut   Just replaced mine last week, PITA can be done on ...   Jan 2, 2007 - 9:59 AM


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