Blue smoke

[SHOSIG]

I got my 92 SHO about three weeks ago.....160,000 miles MTX. I checked the plug wells and they had some oil in them(I plan on fixing this along with adjusting the valves). Today after starting the car i noticed some blue smoke(light), could this be from the oil seeping into the cylinders? My wife follwed me and told me that while driving the smoke went away. Am I looking at new valve seals, or just bad spark plug grommets?

 

[Jr's Sho]

Sounds like it's your valve seals. Your spark plugs should seal off the combustion chambers from the oil in the plug wells.

 

[AutoSHO]

SHOSIG:
I got my 92 SHO about three weeks ago.....160,000 miles MTX. I checked the plug wells and they had some oil in them(I plan on fixing this along with adjusting the valves). Today after starting the car i noticed some blue smoke(light), could this be from the oil seeping into the cylinders? My wife follwed me and told me that while driving the smoke went away. Am I looking at new valve seals, or just bad spark plug grommets?

Yeah, those are classic Valve Stem Seal r Valve guide wear symptoms. Good luck fixing it!

 

[Rob94]

Moved OUT of performance section into General Maintenance.