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Sorry tried to post several times but timeout on me.

Hello 808drifter,

I appreciate the suggestion.

Was told it sound like the valve stem seals and to drive the car to see if it will reseal. So I drove it 20 miles. Initially it smoked but as I continued it clear up. It sound good and drove fine. But it stalled when I returned to the driveway. I had to give it gas, keeping the rpms at 600-900 to stop it from stalling. On one attempt, it made the low on oil sound. So I added 1/4- 1/3 quart of oil. Sounded better, easier to keep running, so pulled in garage and allowed to idle by itself for a few minutes. Later found it was missing 1/4 - 1/2 quart of oil (prior to the drive, the oil level was almost between the two notches on the dipstick...on the low side sligthly). Coolant fine.

Interesting, to keep from stalling on a driveway with maybe 20-30 degree incline, it needed 1/4-1/3 quart of oil.

Next day, ran it in the garage for 30 minutes. After 15 minutes (not smoking), I pump the gas moderately several times. It smoked noticeably on the first try but none on the latter ones. Perform this several more time, no smoking. On the last few minutes, I moderately pump the gas and it started smoking. It also, kept smoking during the final idling but not as bad as the final pump. Found it was slightly low on oil. Again coolant was fine.

Still thinking about performing the compression test and leakdown test. This requires removing the intake to access the rear plugs, correct?

Curreintly, trying to determine my options. I was told a valve job needed or engine replaced. How much is a valve job? Is it a DIY?

Any comments or suggestions are appreciated.

Thanks in advance