Help identify aluminum heads

What is the issue with one valve seal. Is it smoking at start up? Using oil? What was done to determine which one is bad? or that it needs a valve seal at all?
I haven't used the car enough to experience any issues yet. The previous owner told me out of no where from time to time the spark plug in that cylinder will get covered in oil and foul. I'm pretty sure he spoke to the engine builder and was told it was a valve seal that needed to be replaced