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Road side rough diagnostic and tow.. That's all they are these days

What colour was the smoke?

How long has it run after doing the clean? It may have some crap in the exhaust that is burning away.

Its possibly a mobile phone antenna

You need to de-pressurise the fuel rails, running the car with the pump fuse out, will do this. It's the pump that's feeding the rails, this definitely needs to be stopped. Honestly I'm uncertain if there is just an injector fuse on the VE. Other members can chime in here or check the fuse...

Steer with the rear..

I was tagging another member to alert him to this thread.

You can pull plugs, then wait 10mins before doing the test. Will be dry enough. If you get inconsistent results, give it an hour and try again. If you get th4 same results then add a few drops of oil in each and test again

Pull the fuse, start the car, which will die not long after. Then you can do the comp test

It could be the vacuum line to the fuel pressure regulator (fpr) is stuffed or the fpr is which is not holding pressure on the rails. Could also be inlet manifold gaskets leaking into the cylinders. Try turning the key to reds for 5 secs, not starting the engine. Then turn the key off and...

You'll find it's normal street a while. When you jam the throttle, the ecu needs to work out the best gear for the transmission, while the revs climb. Try the power button which will hold gears longer keeping revs up.

@VS_Pete may have some info.