A bunch of annoying things, the celi has been acting up lately Options

[enderswift]

hey everyone, my car has a couple small issues that add up to be real annoying.

here goes:

my 99 5s gt with 75k is puffing blue smoke when i first start it after sitting overnight. The smoke only last for the initial start and fades to nothing moments after i pull away. I checked my oil level and its full, which is good (its been 700 miles since my last oil change). At first i wondered how anything could go so wrong on an engine with such low mileage and such great maintanance? Then i thought, no f-ing way, i am too OCD for something like this to happen on one of my engines; a toyota engine at that. So i went with my gut and pulled the sparks to see if they would be covered with oil. nope clean, whew. However, turns out the gaskets that seperate the spark plug holes from the head to the valve cover are crapping out, thus causing oil to leak into my spark plug wells. Is it possible that this oil is somehow leaking past the plugs and causing my blue smoke??? (one of the plugs was rather loose im ashamed to admit). Or am i looking at valve seals crapping out on me due to switching to synthetic oil at 62 k?

Next question:

for the time being i've cleaned everything out and decided to torque the spark plugs and valve cover to spec... except i cant find the torque values anywhere. Can someone tell me what to torque my valve cover bolts on a 5s to? what about the spark plugs? for now i have them torqued to 35ftlbs and 20ftlbs respectively. (Those are my best guess values and i followed an alternating pattern so please dont use this as an excuse to vent your pent up internet rage Ala post flame)

last question:

My clutch is squeaky. last year i solved the issue when i sprayed the release bearing with silicone spray being very, very carefull to only coat the bearing and the shaft. I know that spraying the inside of the bellhousing with lubricant is quite possibly the dumbest thing in the world, but every time i pressed the clutch i came that much closer to insanity. it had to be done. So, should i repeat what i did last year or is there a better way?

This post has been edited by enderswift: Aug 10, 2009 - 1:20 AM

[enderswift]

few updates for people that might run into the same annoyances that i did. First off i decided to coat the release bearing and shaft with silicone spray, no more squeak! and nothing went wrong I didnt have to worry about soaking the clutch or flywheel because there is actually a decent amount of room in there, and the key is to be judicial with the lubricant. less is more in this case. Replacing the dust boot is not fun though.

Also, my car no longer shows any sign of burning oil, no more wierd puffs of smoke at startup and the oil level hasnt budged, meaning it most likely was a loose valvecover afterall.