I need new Valve Stem Oil Seals!!!?

My car smokes when i'm sitting in traffic or something like that for a while. Then when i drive the smoke goes away. Its a light blue color.I was told i need new Oil Seals and the heads woud have to be taken off to complete the job-which it only makes more since to rebuiled the engine. Should I?? I have a 97 Eclipse with 180k miles on it or is it time for a new car?? Is this a repair that is urgent or gets worse??? HELP.I need new Valve Stem Oil Seals!!!?
You may need new oil seals, true, but,when a engine shows signs of lite blue smoke, as, in your case, I would think, that, it would be more like the valve guides, to me. True, the heads will have to be taken off, to complete this job, but, with 180k miles on it, you should probably have the entire engine rebuilt. Cause, after you factor in all the little things, that need to be done, you might just as well rebuild the entire engine. Then, you know, the engine, is good. You could just replace the oil seals, but, you would eventually end up doing other things, to the engine, as well. So, I would agree with you... It makes more sense, to, rebuild the whole engine. You'll save money, in the long run, anyhow. As far as this being a repair, that, is urgent, or gets worse, as long as you aren't burning a whole bunch of oil, in a short time period, It can wait, till, you have the time, to have it looked into. It will eventually get worse, though. But, that should take quite a while, though. Unless, you start having to add lots of oil, on a regular basis, then, I would hae it looked at, as soon as possible. But, as long as it stays the way it is, I wouldn't worry too much about it, for the time being. Just keep a watchful eye out, for changing conditions, in your engine... Like, if you notice more blue smoke, or, if, you have to add more oil, than, what you normally have to. As far as being time for a new car, I wouldn't consider this, just yet. Yours has plenty of miles in it, yet.I need new Valve Stem Oil Seals!!!?
usually valve seals makes the car smoke just in the morning, until the oil gets burnt off the valves. before you start tearing the engine, check 1 thing. take the valve pans off and see if the oil drain holes are opened all the way down, if they are clogged, take a stiff wire and run down the drain holes. you can tell once the pans are off, it will look like a river of oil under the valve pans., but if it turns out to be valve seals, you dont have to pull the heads. all you need is a air compressor, valve spring compressor and a new set of seals, they are probably the umbrella type. take the plugs out, take the valve pans off, screw the hose end into the plug hole, run the compressor up to about 50 lbs. and use the spring compressor to compress the valve spring, take the keepers out and the spring, and theres the oil seal.
Yeah sounds like its time for a new car. If you wanna keep it running for a while until its no longer driveable the use the oil treatments like the others have suggested, but IMO its not worth a major engine overhaul. If you were just in love with the car and really wanted to keep it, you might consider buying a rebuilt engine and having it swapped out. But that is costly and you will still have a newish engine in a 11 year old car so you would have to worry about all the other components as well. Good luck!
get a new car, there are about a million oil seals on your car, and the ones you are talking about happens to be the hardest one the changes. The seal is called ';head gasket seal'; and inoder to get to it they need to take off the vavle covers which is easy and then the heads which is hard. you car has too many mile to start a major engine project, b/c like all old cars once one thing goes they all start to go.
In my opinion it's time for a new car. Make sure you do regularly required maintenance on the new car. Remember, any used car could have received poor maintenance, so demand maintenance records if you buy a used car. Note that if your transmission has never been replaced, it is due to fail very soon. You may also fail the emissions testing in your locality, so think about a Toyota replacement.
The smoke will get worse over time but you can still drive it like that. Put a can of CD2 (autozone or any parts store) in, that might band aid it a little. I would not rebuild the engine, I would just get a new car if it were me. Good luck.
you do not need to take the heads off a car to replace the valve stem oil seals.


Most mechanics do it using a comtressed air machine,,a 10 dollar spark plug hole attachment and a few wrenches.


Go find another mechanic
You don't have to take the heads off to change the seals.


Use straight synthetic oil. That's what we put in our resale smoking cars.