Smoking problem valve seals

[lee3671987]

Hi
My camry blows a white smoke during idle.
Might be the valve stem seals. I'd like to give it a try fixing it my self but i better not (incase somthing went wrong). Plus i dont have the tools and the knowledge.
any workshop specialised in these area? like in wa

cheers

[Gavatron]

Valve stems usually only blow oil smoke on startup due to oil running down the valve into the cylinder. They don't usually blow smoke constantly at idle.

[lee3671987]

it does it randomly, sometimes doesnt smoke at all.
its smell like burnt oil and its actually blue smoke if u look at from a distance.

[Kedderz]

rings gone?

[hosking1991]

take a spark plug out if the thread has oil in it then your seals are in need of replacing also how many k's on the car/motor

[hosking1991]

check all the plugs i mean

[lee3671987]

jus got the mechanic checked today and he said definetly the seals needs replacement.
also got a quote and gonna cost over 2k

[lee3671987]

rings gone......
how to fix that?
do i have to get a whole new pistons or just changing the ring it self is enough??

[PlacentaJuan]

Valve stems usually only blow oil smoke on startup due to oil running down the valve into the cylinder. They don't usually blow smoke constantly at idle.

i thought if that was really bad you will get smoke at idle too.

i remember some phag in fastfours asking martin donnon a questions about buckets or shims or something and martin donnon said the easy way for him to do it was to leave out the stem seals and that means you will get white smoke at start and when idling.

and martin donnon said that so it must be true.

[andrew_mx83]

new rings and a dunnybrush of the bores.
whether or not it needs pistons cant be seen until u strip the motor...

[allencr]

My camry blows a white smoke during idle.

Just drive it.
Is it using a lot of oil, km/mi per l? Overheating? Did it start smoking suddenly and also lose power?
What's the compression?
If it isn't using more oil then it would cost to fix and if it is just gradual wear & not a broken ring/piston, then it might run 10,000+ without getting much worse.