87HSM

Thanks for the suggestions. I retreived the car from Palmy this morning and apart from a slow idle (450) it ran ok to Wellington. I replaced the throttle body with another one and now idling at about 650. My auto electrician is still adamant it is the hall sensor in the distributor so I might swap that out too as I have a spare. I will get a fuel filter this afternoon too as that can't hurt. I have swapped the fuel pump relay for another one so I suppose by process of elimination I will get there eventually.

Did you resolve this issue? I bought one of these for my daughter, did the cam belt and other maintenance items and have been having exactly the same issues. We are in Wellington and she is up in Palmerston North at Massey. I am off up there this weekend with a replacement throttle body to see if that cures the problem. This has to be the most unreliable car I have ever owned and the most difficult to diagnose. My local auto electrician can't find anything wrong with it and every time we take it to him it runs fine. Next day..... Last time I was there he had another one with the same problem. The bugger is that other than this it is a great little car for her. Cheers Martin