Today I set about starting the car* for the first time. It's been sat in my garage weeping oil for a bit, and it's been sat with the previous owner for longer. Something is broke in the starter circuit.
Roll forward a mere five minutes...
Dear diary.
It lives!
So what was that all about then? Well, the previous reckoned it was something fundamental and was going to take some heavy diagnostics to get it working. As you'll have heard above, turns out that it was the relay up under the dash. What does the relay do? Dunno. But in pushing it in I shall no longer be using the term "Hunting for idle" or "not catching when you floor it".
My guess is that it controlled the ECU, and without it it both stopped it starting and ran the engine in default mode.
I didn't run the car much longer, it needs an oil change before I go much further. But, the list of things to worry about has just got measurably shorter.
*Car needs name.
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