well, checked the injectors out today and no leaking from them...
had a look at the spark plugs at the same time and this is what they look like: (cyl 6 to come soon, but basically like cyl 2-5, ie completely black)
cyl 1: http://www.forghani.net/forum/files/imgp0955_114.jpg
cyl 2: http://www.forghani.net/forum/files/imgp0956_685.jpg
cyl 3: http://www.forghani.net/forum/files/imgp0957_194.jpg
cyl 4: http://www.forghani.net/forum/files/imgp0958_949.jpg
cyl 5: http://www.forghani.net/forum/files/imgp0959_137.jpg
cyl 6:
something interesting to note is that i started her up and let her idle for a while, and its was perfect... not a problem at all...
then i started reving her and it was all fine...
then about 30secs later all the problems came back... misfiring on idle and smoking...
and then this problem stayed even after i turned the car off and let it cool down and then started it up again...
something else to note would be that the smoke is now grey/black... no white, no blue, no green, no purple... just grey/black...
soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, now that the injectors, fuel reg and fuel pump have been ruled out... what other fuel things can i check?
is it possible that the ecu has a f**ked up idle map but a normal map for anything other than idle?? sorry, i just dont know how the ecu/maps work...
thanks
ash.