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Old 05-14-2005, 03:50 PM
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Originally Posted by LarryBible
With this mileage, the car surely has never had the valve seal recall performed if it is doing this.

I would give it about a 99 in 100 chance that replacing the valve seals with the updated versions will cure the problem.

Good luck,
Exactly, and then at about the 250,000 mile mark, the engine may need valve guides.
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