blue smoke when i rev it clears when she warms up

[bury dubster]

  got up and thort id go for a cruise to motospears in my 1.6 16v. when she started up i looked out window to see very light blue smoke so i thort i see what she dose on the road i dove for 15mins got out and gave a good blat and no smoke. could it be that she's well over due a service or wheather i v got myself a dud. please can anybody help on how to fix this i do all my work my-self as garages only rip you off .and whane i no you will help lol.

[scarr89]

Blue smoke is a sign or burning oil iirc...But I am afraid that I can offer no help other than that, sorry. Hope you get it sorted soon.

[rockmonkey69]

It's very likely in your case your valve stem seals have gone, typical of higher mileage cars.

[bury dubster]

oil and fule as  iv just been out and had a good old sniff. my grandads been in the mecanic world for years he seems to think if she needs a service it will cause it to use more fule is this correct or is he losing his mables he is 87.

[bury dubster]

errrrrrr o crap iv never done them on a golf have on a nover would it be easyer to just stick a valve block from a low miler from a scrapy i could get one for £80??

[bury dubster]

and how long will she go for i no it will have to be done for mot but thats september will she hold me out till then???

[rockmonkey69]

Don't want to be stating the obvious but burning petrol is normal, it's a petrol engine. If you mean it's running rich it depends how rich and may well be just the colder weather. All of which is irrelevant - your problem here is your burning oil (not good) no amount of servicing will fix this, your valve stem seals need to be changed.

Leaving the valve stem seals alone will only mean the problem will get worse with time, it means you get carbon build up around the valve guides and more oil being used which consequently means more blue smoke, it means you need to keep checking and topping up the oil, which means more money but yes it is drive able.

It's a inline 4 petrol engine as was your nova, if you have done a valve stem seal on that then you will be 100% confident doing it on a golf inline 4

I don't know what a "valve block" is

[1.6mk4GOLF16v]

ive got this exact same problem, pissed after i jus changed the plugs n coil packs the other day

anybody know roughly how much id be looking at to get it fixed, recomended places to do it west side of london?

[rockmonkey69]

It's normally £5-10 a valve if you send a machine shop a stripped head i.e no cams or valve train etc.

[1.6mk4GOLF16v]

does the timing belt needs to come of to fit new valve stem seals?