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custom89stang

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the valves on my head arent sealed properly...i see blue smoke under acceleration pretty early in the RPM range...how much would you estimate it cost to get my valve seals replaced? what else should i do? any other seals that need replacing on the heads?...thx
 

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pull the heads and get the valve job and surface flat... the accel smoke cam be from rings... Oh, valve jobs are different from shop to shop.. here 185.00 gets it all done.

Just me...................

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