Ford Racing 427 burning oil

[68pony]

Originally Posted by Luce

Yep, I have the orange seals. What a *****! What's wrong with them? Not tight enough on the valve stem?

Not sure, ford racing told me in there email they are not aware of a problem with the orange seals well i know of 2 other 427's here in australia that the problem went away after changing the orange seals, i will find out hopefully by tomorrow if it has solved my problem, ive been dealing with Marty at ford racing his email is frpp@ford.com.
cheers chris ps more than likely not tight enough in my case fine when cold but as the oil got hot would start to smoke, the seals probably got soft anyway and not enough spring tention, once we get the seals off we will know.

[crawleyscobra]

Mine was shipped from Ford in Feb. 2011 and I noticed that it has the number 39 written on it in several locations. I'm thinking it was the 39th built. I have yet to start mine... still got a few things to finish before I can. I'm wondering if I should replace my seals before I go any farther or just wait and see if I'm burning oil or not and then change them if needed.