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yep, leeds are OK.

The bloody thing now seems to be running fine, if a bit rich - it chucks soot out of the exhaust when it starts

how long does the kangarooing last and have you any better details of when it kicks in and how it continues etc?
The problem is intermittent. The first time, the car had been standing for a few days at the garage. Despite being just above freezing it started fine, tickover at 1000 revs, went to ...

Latest development: The fuel pump relay is now switched independently from the ECU. The tickover also seems to be OK. The problem now is random kangarooing. Some of the time the car feels fine, the next minute the response is a little slow, then the kangarooing starts. Any acceleration at all, even ...

Is there a DIY test to see if the hall sender is working? The distributer and hall sender have been changed.

to me it sounds like you might have a dodgy hall sender in the distributor.

Would that cause the intermittent output from the ECU? The garage have had the ECU apart and checked all the connections. They seem to be OK, but the output is still dodgy.

Can you replace the hall sender or does it need ...

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The idle was all over the place, but actually seems to have settled down now. It did seem to be working for a few days, but then then it refused to start up. After swearing, head scratching wiggling wires and relays it did eventually start again. It usually goes like a rocket, but has been ...

For a while the tickover has been all over the place, especially on a cold start. Recently the car just refuses to start at all. Have replaced temp sensor, fuel pump relay and auxiliary air valve. It seems to work OK for a bit, then refuses to start. Any ideas before I push it over a cliff?