Hi all, looking for advice and possibly some re-assurance. Most of us will be familiar with this situation. Drive at higher speeds on the Freeway, back-off, or go down a long hill with foot off the accelerator, and you'll see large clouds of blue smoke behind you. Quite embarassing, and also you feel humiliated - you have just passed a few cars at the rate of knots, you slow down and bang - smoke everywhere - well, not quite that bad.
The problem is obviously one of oil leaking past the valve stem seals which, incidentally, I had checked some two years ago and I was told that there was no need to replace them. Now, the car uses very little oil between oil changes, if any at all. The question I have is this : Other than the embarassment factor, am I causing any damage to the engine generally if I contine to use the car without replacing the seals ? I know that the petrol mixture can be influenced by 'oil contaminated' fuel through the system, and I have also used ATF on occasions in the fuel tank to keep the fuel system clean. It could well be that the ATF has done too good a job. Regards, Styria
The problem is obviously one of oil leaking past the valve stem seals which, incidentally, I had checked some two years ago and I was told that there was no need to replace them. Now, the car uses very little oil between oil changes, if any at all. The question I have is this : Other than the embarassment factor, am I causing any damage to the engine generally if I contine to use the car without replacing the seals ? I know that the petrol mixture can be influenced by 'oil contaminated' fuel through the system, and I have also used ATF on occasions in the fuel tank to keep the fuel system clean. It could well be that the ATF has done too good a job. Regards, Styria