oil in 356 cylinder

[Atlantic07]

This might be the problem:

one of the plugs showes oil (I think it is - it's a little wet and thick black stuff on the plug). I know I should have checked it first. Well, the funny thing is, that the cylinder fires, but I guess accellerating is a problem, because more oil gets sucked in (mmh - does this point to the valves rather than the cylinder?)
Interesting enough the cylinder still has compression (91psi - or is this nothing).

Is there any thread on taking the heads off and
- replacing head gaskets
- changing valve guides and valve stem seals
- piston rings

I hate this situation, but how hard can it possibly be?

Here is my shopping list:
- Valve cover gaskets
- Valve guides
- Valve stem seals
- Engine cylinder head gasket set
- Piston ring set

Would be nice if it weren't the rings! Never done this, but a friend of mine is a mechanic and might help.


Thx everyone.

[teleski42]

Given the shopping list please realize there are valve cover but not head gaskets. A rich running car can give black gummy plugs. Is your oil consumption up? Are you spewing blue smoke? Jim