All, I have replaced the valve cover on VIN 4045, and started her up today, the loud ticking noise is still there (sounds like bottom end problems), but that is not the subject of this email. I noticed while working in there that the brass idle mixture screws were loose, on the intake, so based on everything I have read I hand tightend them down. Now the car starts and idles fine, but increase throttle, it hesitates, and almost dies, I do see lots of black colored moisture coming out of the exhaust pipes. I have a feeling that the PO had the mixture adjusted by someone who really didn't understand the system. My question is how do I get it back to at least a baseline mixture adjustment, and it appears that there is some kind of plastic plug on the Fuel dist adjustment point. That is another clue to me. The other one is that the PO said the car runs rich. Does anyone have a starting point for me on the mixture, not the noise. Thanks, Bernie To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/