Hi guys and thank you all that replied to my post. Perhaps I was a bit hasty about the emmision stuff, u see i have cars that have air compressors that blow air into the exhausr manifold on deacceleration. Yes I checked out my manual and i see most of it is the management kit. Still dont like the evaporative canister thing. Any way Ive progressed from a 5 cylinder engine to about a 2.5 cylinder motor. Found out that getting to the distributor is no 5 min job......cleaned cap and replaced leads etc. Put it all back fired he up and with much popping and backfiring thru the intake she runs like a dog...take foot off gas and she dies. Re checked spark lead all in correct firing order (according to book, No 1 front right and No 4 front left).....so where have I gone wrong? I think the hoses on the fuel distributor.......does any one have a better drawing showing ins/outs/toos and froms than the w/shop manual? Once i sort this out and get her running good.....ignition timing....we live some 1500m (4500ft) above sea level, on older cars with carbs the pracctice was to advance ignition by 2deg.....anyone any thoughts on that? All the best Jim 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/