Changing the Valve Seals, who else has done this? Options

[tonytutino]

One of my friends offered to help me tackle this perpetual problem of my worn valve seals. I would never think about attempting this on my own, but he has a good deal of knowledge about this engine ( I bought the car off of him to begin with, he rebuilt the motor... but didn't change the seals... fail.) I did some searching and came up with a few things but not enough to really answer everything. Anyways, has anyone done this themselves? I would like to know what exactly I need to prepare for this, including the part number for the seals if anyone would be so kind as to source them. I'm 95% sure this is why i'm burning so much oil, not to mention my plugs get fouled within a few months.
I burn about 2 quarts a month and it is due time something is done about it. Thanks guys.

PS: If someone is willing to help, I would drive to you in a heart beat I don't have much money but I can totally provide delicious, ice cold beer.

[Hanyo]

it depends on how you tackle the valve seals.

Do you have the tools to do the valve seals without removing the engine head?

If you can get away with redoing the seals without removing the engine head, it should be pretty straight forward and takes maybe a day or two depending on how fast you work. Problem with this method is you need a special tool to remove the valve springs and a high pressure air compressor.

On the other hand if you remove the engine head. You can do a more through job and check to see if anything else is causing the oil burning. Removing the engine head add to the complexity of the job. The pros of doing it this way is you dont have to have specific tools. Generic valve spring press will work. The cons of removing the head is, well... you have to remove the engine head and deal with oil leaks/compression leaks/ ect.

My advice on this is to get a compression test on the engine and see how well your numbers turn on. If you have on weak cylinder, rip the head off and do a nice valve seat grind along with valve seals.

I recomend genuine toyota parts. I know autozone/advance/kragens can get you parts, but the simple matter of the fact is. Toyota parts rock.