Blue smoke on startup...

[Steve Jensen]

When starting from stone cold, my 5ktq is giving the dreaded quick puff o'
blue, leading me to believe the valve stem seals are shot.  Noted the slight
use of oil where the car has never consumed any in the past, the car has had
Mobil 1 since 92K, now has 158K so I suspect it's time.  No other problems
other than slightly noisy lifters on cylinder number one.

At this mileage, should I:

1.  Just do the seals and let sleeping dogs lie or

2.  Yank the head and inspect/rework/rebuild the head to be on the safe side
or

3.  Replace it with a rebuilt head with the nod toward my goal of getting
300K out of the car.

If the consensus is number 3, which rebuilder does the best job w/quality
parts?  I know Phil says the Audi rebuilts look to be new ones from the
dealer, but my local dealer is Jim Ellis Audi who is required to sue me if I
say anything at all about them so I won't be using them (Jim, we keep
waiting for that 'lost the francise sale', let us know, willya?).

Many thanks, and happy Easter to everyone.

-Steve Jensen
87 5kcstq