Q: Plugs getting wet and not staring

asked by on February 27, 2017

My land rover is wetting plugs and very difficult to start and it smelts fuel when the engine is running. have changed plugs like 3 times within a period of two weeks. What can be the cause
My car has an automatic transmission.

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