2.3 burning oil HELP!!

March 29, 2007, 02:07:46 PM

My 2.3 started burning oil like crazy I took it to school like 25 miles one way and was low on oil i topped it off come home and only dipstick tip has oil. Oil pressure was like 40-42 at 3000+ rpm while i was coming home. Also I started noticing that while I start it smokes blue and while i was at traffic lights I would see blue smoke. The valve stem seals have like 3k miles on them but they were not the ones for the engine they were for a 302 but they fit fine they are the umbrella type. Do you think it could be that the valve stem seals could be the problem? I took off the vc to take a closer look at them and they look fine but slide real easy on the valve stem. I do know that the 2.3's use the se style valve stem seals but i had those and decided to give them a try and now have problems, If that is the problem its no big deal but I need you guys input first. I had done a compression check couple weeks ago the lowest was 165 highest was 180 that was dry. The spark plugs did have some oil in them well any input is appreciated thanks.