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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mini" data-source="post: 41452" data-attributes="member: 3600">(as one person mentioned already) if you do decide to take the cylinder head in the shop, also get them to replace or at least check the valve stem seals, they are just so cheap to replace, when I was an apprentice my job was to strip engines and hot tank the parts I found most rubber valve stem seals were either totally missing, or if they were intact, they were hard as a rock, the valve stems can suck a lot of oil into the cylinders if they are missing or have gone hard. it's a tough call becuase you have not seen the actual smoke yourself, (burning oil? or water?) burning oil lingers in the air, burning water is steam which disapates much faster,</blockquote>