Ok... Cars not been touched for around 5 weeks

Yesterday... started first time... seemed ok...

This morning... it was smoking a fair bit after startup and now its ok..

im expecting this tomorow as well

i remember an old topic about this and remember marks car doing the same..

what was the problem you guys found.. is it anything to do with the 5 week sleep it had... cheers

Most probably Valve stem seals.


Mark

[quote="Mark.T"]Most probably Valve stem seals.


Mark[/quote]

Agreed - but if it takes 5 weeks to build up a smoke, probably not worth worrying about yet. I'd suggest you save up for a proper head job (valve seats, porting etc.) before you decide to do the seals, so you can make it worth while the effort of taking the head off ...

PS : How many of your mates' 10 year old cars would start up at all after standing for 5 weeks ??? Yeah Mazda !!

Mine's bee doing for years. In the winter it does it in the morning and when I leave work in the evening. I'm doing as Smotter has sugesed anyway - just having difficulty saving up for the work having just bought a house

It'll cost you somewhere in the region of £600 to have the valve seals replaced as the head has to come off with these engines (I believe some Golf engines can be done without the need to remove the head). Expect to pay upto another £500 for professional (not worth going anywhere else) valve seat reprofiling and porting.


Mark