Hello Richard, just a few cents from across the atlantic. Before getting into a lot of wild guessing, it would probably best to check if the spark plugs are bent again. To be honest it would be pretty irritating that the piston would hit a spark plug, but wont hit a valve. There is possibly something in your cylinder 3+5 which causes the bent plugs tips. It might also cause the (exhaust) valve to stick or not close properly which than would explain the fumes near the intake. As it appeas to two cylinders my guessing would be parts of the intake manifold gasket. When changing the spark plugs and they are bent again use a bore scope to see if there is something in the cylinder, or if the piston top has damage. If the spark plugs are not bent, check for your petronix. In general i´m happy with them, but they can go bad too. Had problems with one after two years of flwless driving. Found out I was running a coil with wrong ohm resistance, killed the electronics. But it took a few thousand miles. As said make an effort to check a few things and isolate the problem – than we might all get closer to the problem. Good luck Lars PS: if you dont hear any knocks your rod bearings should be ok. If the compression is ok, the likelyhood of having a broken piston ring in your cylinder is very small. Also chances would even be reduced as it apears in two cylinders at same time. Von: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Im Auftrag von Richard Osborne reomotorsports1@xxxxxx [Chrysler300] Hello, __._,_.___ Posted by: <lars.kirschke@xxxxxxxx> To send a message to this group, send an email to: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or go to https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/all/manage/edit For list server instructions, go to http://www.chrysler300club.com/yahoolist/inst.htm For archives go to http://www.forwardlook.net/300-archive/search.htm#querylang __,_._,___ |