2011 Ford Fusion Sport with the 3.5 V6 smokes and runs horrible

Thanks for the info Skylinedan 1. Do you have any idea where the purge valve would be on this car? I've looked all over and don't see anything that looks like the purge valve on the other motors. This part is what shows for the purge valve on this car on AMZN (photo) but I have looked all over and this part is not on this car with the 3.5 V6. There are several videos of how to replace this on the other motors and it's a simple job right on top of the motor. I thought about vacuum leaks though, but have not checked closely, so that is probably something I need to look at very closely.

Here are a few photos of the area around the TB with the air duct removed. Also I'm posting a link below to a video I took of the motor with the TB & intake manifold removed for clarity. If anyone sees this elusive purge valve, please point it out. There's a plastic part with a wire attached on the left side of the TB, but that is part of the TB. I replaced the TB & that did not help. I replaced the canister at the rear of the car and that did not help either. I also took out the o2 sensors and they were black with carbon. These have about a mile or 2 on them at the most since I replaced them and they are already black. That's how bad this thing is running. I'm gonna clean them up and put them in back in this week as I have time. Could clogged catalytic converters cause this? I removed the exhaust pipe after the cats this weekend, and that did not help. I wanted to see if there was blockage in the exhaust between cats & mufflers. Does not appear to be, but the cats may still be clogged. Again, I appreciate all the help!
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Thanks Skylinedan 1. I'll see if I can find it tonight. If that green cap was loose could that be part of the problem? It was not super tight, but it was on there. I took it off to see if there was a schrader valve in there for testing fuel pressure. It appears a schrader vavle from my photo. (below) I found a clearer photo I had taken of the thing with green cap earlier. Can you tell me if it will be line #1 or #2 on this photo? I'll still follow them both. I don't have a smoke machine, but I'll buy one today. I need one anyways for this type of thing.

Well, sorry, but from what I have seen, you would have had to remove the purge valve to remove the intake manifold.
From the pictures you have show, you have already removed it.

maydk65, I don't have that on my car. I wish I did, that's what the other motors have - nice & easy. I did what Skylinedan 1 suggested and followed the line from the green cap back. (Line #1 in my photo above) It goes behind that metal plate and out the other side in the back on the passenger side. I removed that plate to see where the line went, but I don't think I had to. The line from the green cap thing ends up here, marked in blue in the photo. These photos were from the bottom, BTW. I'm holding back the dangling o2 sensor in the image on the right. I found the part on line & on the Autozone website and it looks like the one shown in the image below, according to them. I think this is the correct part and I think the lines are installed like I'm showing with the green arrows. So now the problem is figuring out how to get to it. I think I either have to take off the power steering reservoir, or I may be able to remove the passenger wheel and splash plates and access it through the wheel well. Either way, gonna be a major PITA. I'll see what I can do tonight after work and let y'all know. It was getting dark when I took these photos, so it's hard to see way up where this part is.



This photo is from the top of engine compartment on the passenger side.

No problem maydk65, I appreciate the help. So it turns out I had to remove the power steering pump reservoir to access the purge valve. It was still difficult to get to cuz only 1 hand fits down there, but I managed to get it out. Wife said the part came in today, so I will install it tonight and let y'all know if this part cures my issues. Keeping fingers crossed. I put a yellow zip tie on the top hose so I would not get the 2 hoses confused, but it turns out this was not necessary because the hoses are different sizes. The cardboard is to keep stuff from falling in the intake. With my luck, I'd drop a socket or bolt down there and cause myself a real nightmare. Preventative action - like buying insurance. lol.