Valve Seals

[Chris Cuzner <cuznerc@doculink.com>]

I'm thinking of purchasing an '86 Golf GTi, and i was told that it needs
new valve seals.  The apparent symtoms are 1) smell 2) a puff of blue smoke
when you take off from a stop (small one) or when you start the car.  Is
this correct?

Anyways, Ron tells me that it's quite a bit of labour (like $150Can.
worth), but the seals themselves are only like $20Can for all of them.  Is
this correct?

My question is this, i'm a novice, and i was wondering if i should be able
to change my seals myself without screwing anything else up?  And, does
having crappy seals wreak havoc on the engine in any way (directly or
indirectly)?

The rest of the engine hauls some major ass!! .. It was rebuilt 5k ago,
custom header on it.  We had this thing pulling 120 in 3rd easily, and it
still had tons of juice left in her after 200km/h!  You should have seen
the guy in the 'Vette turn his head when he saw the clunker GTi fly past
him at about 150km/h in a 60 zone ;).

Chris Cuzner (cuznerc@gilmore.ca)
File Management (Data Center)
Gilmore Global Logistic Services
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