Smokes when cold, stops when it warms up.
2007-03-29 13:21:14 · 2 answers · asked by manybarrels 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
A quick valve guide test is while driving at 50 - 70 mph. suddenly release the gas petal. Oil smoke will roll from your tail pipe. Guide holes are drilled and honed oversize. New harden bronze wall or hardened steel guides are pressed in. The intake guide to valve stem clearance will be somewhere around .0015 - .0019" Exhaust will be .002" - .0025". total cost is going to spoil $1,500 - $2,000.
The car has to be married to you to spend that much money!
2007-03-29 13:37:22 · answer #1 · answered by Country Boy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
4 to 5 hundred as a "conservative guess", since the head must be removed, valves removed, and the old guides drilled/reamed out first...
It also could be "valve seals", rather than guides...OR the beginnings of worn out rings.
Any of the three is a lot of money for a 28 year old car, unless it's in pristine condition and is very reliable.
2007-03-29 13:39:10 · answer #2 · answered by Michael B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋