Hear is my dilema. My valves are going and I kind of want to put new heads on, but I plan on changing the engine in a couple of years from now. So Would it be more affordible to have a shop do a valve job or replace the heads?

 

What do you mean by the valves are "going"?

 

Going bad.

I need to replace my valves in my cylinder head. So should I have someone changes the valves or just get new heads? I figured it would be easy just to change the heads, but replacing the valves would be cheaper in parts.

 

yes i think we all realized they were going "bad"

what do you mean by bad? what is the car doing to tell you that they are going "bad"?

 

When my cars engines cold and I go to start it, the car shoots out a plume of exhaust. I would have to run the car for a few minutes till it stops. And its slowly getting worse.

 

that means valve seals not new valves i think a set of seals might cost $15-25 much less than new heads

 

Just to chime in on this one. If the smoke never goes away it could also be cracked/broken ring s on your pistons. But it does sound like valve seals. And you dont even have to take your heads off the engine to change them ( although its alot harder)

 

it is not any "harder" to do with the heads on the motor. Requires compressed air to hold the valves closed and a simple leverage tool to compress the springs/retainers to get the valve locks out. Not that hard.
About 1 to 2 hours work and a few cold ones.

"shoots out a plume of exhaust"
if the big "plume" is blue the valve seals may be bad or the intake gasket is sucking oil. If the big "plume" is black you need a tune up. Plugs, cap, rotor, wires.