DIY: 4age Valve Stem Seals.

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Ivan141 Wrote:Nice write-up there.. my own engine is also wasting a lot of oil at the moment.. but I'm just rebuilding my spare engine ground-up so I know it'll be good when finished.

The big question I have for you is: how much difference did the new seals make?

Just finished this last friday night at 10:11pm. Took a shower and took it out... No smoke from the tailpipe at stop lights anymore, and I haven't seen anything on startup yet. I've been looking for it too. My car has an alarm w/remote start, so I stand at the left rear of the car and look for it.

So the difference was immediate and definately a noticeable improvement.

When I changed my oil with less than 1500k mi I only had 1 3/4 qts left... scary since it was parked from the weekend before after I had taken it out and absolutely drove the piss out of it.

Granted it was accelerated eating of the oil due to high rpm use, bad valve seals will suck oil when you get off throttle and a vacuum is created in the combustion chambers so drifting/driving hard makes oil usage WAY worse.

Andrew