Thanks Stretch,

I drained out 5 litres.

and put in about 7.5 litres. Castrol dexron11. level ok.

I am thinking that my problem is either the sticky/some dirt in fuel injectors, so will remove injectors and check for flow pattern.

or, the timing . the distributor was removed when the water pump was changed. if I recall, with the cams on the timing marks and the from crank pulley on 0, then the distributor rotor points to the notch mark in the distributor housing.? please give me your wisdom on this set up.

appreciate your comments.

regards
C