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Originally Posted by lsmalley
. . .valve seals, . . . are all less than a year.
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Not valve stem seals, but valve sealing as in where the face of the valve meets the seat. ( AKA valve grind ) Valve stem seals can be changed with the head on and bad ones only cause increased oil consumption not hard starts.
Loss of valve sealing will cause low compression and difficult starting. Have you done a leakdown and compression test?
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Originally Posted by lsmalley
I guess starter is original, not sure.
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The starter is a electric motor that spins the engine. They can half fail ( lose one set of field windings, unless it is a perm magnet type ) and crank slowly but the difference is obvious.
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Originally Posted by lsmalley
My car has automatic remote start and so usually I would use that and the car would turn on, but now it will crank, then I would have to do it again. Is that possibly a failing starter? Even if I do use key, I have to crank for about 6 to 8 seconds.
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It is sounding like there is a actual problem that can't be diagnosed remotely using limited information.