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Will a 1973 350 Chevy smoke if valves are not set right?

Updated: 8/17/2019
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Valve grind will affect compression, but not engine smoking. If the valve stem seals were not replaced you may get some oil burning, but that's not something that most shops will miss.

Oil burning is typically caused by:

* poor ring seal against the cylinder walls (rings that ran without adequate lubrication, inadequate maintenance resulted in sludge buildup in the ring groove, cylinder wear that prevents ring seal) * cylinder wash-down (too much raw fuel getting dumped into the cylinder, mixing with the oil on the cylinder wall then it all burns.) * cracked piston In general, it's always a good idea to rebuild the entire engine when you tear down for a valve job. An engine seldom wears out in just one part.

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