How hard is to changeout the valve guides while the motor is still in the car. Passinger side #2 and # 3 is getting soaked with oil in no time. The car has over 250K on it.Can I use and extention on the plugs?
If those are the stock heads/valve guides etc your engine is Way past when the heads should have been pulled and re-conditioned. I would wager all your valve guides are Quite sloppy at this point, and head work would bring back a very noticeable amount of power. Have you checked your compression lately?
Just as an FYI, 560's driven around town most of their life will get to about 150K before they could stand head work, predominetly highway mileage cars will see about 200K before it's time.
Valve guide seals may stop your oil consumption for a while, but it is just a stop gap fix..
Regards
jonathan
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