i bought the v6 about a month ago...
at first, no problem at all, then after a couple of weeks it started to smoke a lot...
in the beginning, it smoked continuously, all the time when i was driving the car.
then i found out the thing i am pointing in the picture was causing the problem:
![Image](http://img48.echo.cx/img48/6982/engine9fy.jpg)
the black line that is just above the most right sparkplug was loose inside the rubber, and was kept in place using some ducktape what was wrapped around the plug that was going inside..
now, i cleaned that plug, and put it back in the way it should, and then the smoke started to almost go away..
after this, it sometimes only smoked, when i really pedaled the car, or when i started the engine when it was parked for over a night..
then i decided to look at the plugs, to see if i could read out anything from them..
what i found was that, the front 3 sparkplugs where all blackish, only the centertip of the plugs had the right colour, the rest of the plug was completely black..
then i turned out the back 3 plugs, and they where just fine. good colour, no black sh*t around the plug, just fine..
so no i was wondering, what is going on with the car?
i was searching the forum, and i found another topic,
http://www.mx-3.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.ph ... hlight=pcv
and that was just about the same problem i have with my car.
the engine output also really smells like fuel, and the plugs are just alike like seen on the picture on page 2..
what conclusion can i make out of the fact that the front 3 plugs are black, and the back 3 are just fine.
and the problem issued in the other topic i also mentioned, ( bad rings around the fuelinjectors) can that also cause 3 black plugs, and 3 good plugs?
the exaust really smells like fuel, so i am beginning to think that it might just be the same problem that he has..
PS; it might be possible, that some of my lines arent correct english, sorry, but it has been some years ago that i had english at school