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Old Apr 14, 2011 | 06:02 PM
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so, i pulled the manifolds off this afternoon and saw this. i cant imagine its a good thing. cylinder 7 is the worst.
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3/5 7 from another angle

the other side looks dry on 4-8, and just a little bit of oil on 2.
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Old Apr 14, 2011 | 06:09 PM
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I'm no expert but that doesn't look too bad, I've seen worse.
Is it an automatic or stickshift?
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I'm no expert but that doesn't look too bad, I've seen worse.
Is it an automatic or stickshift?
its a stick.
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Does the car smoke when you first start it up in the morning? My guess is worn valve seals, guides or both. I'm no expert...
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i honestly cant remember, its been about 6 months since i parked it. if it did smoke, it was only a little, and only for a moment or two.
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i honestly cant remember, its been about 6 months since i parked it. if it did smoke, it was only a little, and only for a moment or two.
Thats a classic sign of bad seals or guides. Hopefully someone with more knowledge will comment. Good Luck
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The reason I asked you stick or automatic is because if you downshift a lot with a stick it causes some oil to get past the rings and it gets burned on the next stroke.
Never stopped me from downshifting a lot but that's what it does.
Like I said earlier they look ok to me but no 7 may need some new valve seals. If it runs fine don't fix it except 7.
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ive never worked on heads before, is this something easy-ish to do? special tools needed?
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How many miles on engine.valve stem seals are not that hard to replace.the do wear and crack over time.if it smokes on startup and quits after a minute its probably the seals.
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theyre original, so...75k-ish miles on them. from what i remember, it smokes for a few moments, and then clears up.
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install new seals on all 16 ... not hard to do ... I did mine w/ Both Orings & Umbrellas ... and replied to a VS seal thread here where I described an easier & much faster method. Search.

You might also consider ... intake manifold gasket(s) may also be leaking ... sucking oil fom valley into port(s).
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