puff of blue smoke

im getting a big puff of blue smoke from my 92 8v gti on starting the car it has a perfect amount of oil in it, i have heard it could be the valve stem seals, any other ideas it could be before i yank the head off?

 

valve stem seals.... its nothing to worry about, if its only a tiny amount I would leave it as the extra oil will be lubing up the valve as these are a quite soft metal and start to wear after 100k or so

 

We don't want to know what you do behind closed dooors thankyou very much...

 

blocked gause in the rocker cover can cuase it too

 

Ian...

 

good call, I forgot about that...

plumbers blow torch and burn off the junk in the gauze

 

the ones ive seen are blocked solid , id be more inlcined to smash out the mesh and clean it up ...or a new rocker cover maybe

 

nothing wrong with a good yank every now and again behind of or infront of closed doors!!
thanks for the advice(and the funnies).

 

Yep they sure block up solid and I think the only option would be to remove the gauze/ replace.