So, at face value this seems to be solved. Changed the brown dual relay for a genuine part and hey presto, it starts. Now this was only after I had got a second hand solenoid but i'll come to that. The relay that was fitted didn't appear to be a genuine one, looks like a mickey mouse ebay special. Maybe that was the trick, or maybe it had just given up, who knows.
The solenoid was removed and cleaned the same done with the connections but little difference was made from what i can tell anyway, it was no cleaner going back in as it was coming out. The car breaker seemed sure that the solenoid I had would match his, despite different part numbers. My original was 0281002284 (top) and his was 0281002493 (bottom) and they are NOT the same. Only when i got them back did i notice the difference, cleaner to see in the photos below. For those wondering, i measured 2.2 ohms resistance on both of them, so I'm guessing thats right for the part.
![[Image: CD52-C6-AE-4292-4077-80-B6-D14-EFBE8479-B.jpg]](https://i.ibb.co/sb3mhcc/CD52-C6-AE-4292-4077-80-B6-D14-EFBE8479-B.jpg)
In the mean time, the car is going but the engine management light still isn't coming on again so maybe, just maybe, it was a very odd coincidence that it went out at the same time.
The solenoid was removed and cleaned the same done with the connections but little difference was made from what i can tell anyway, it was no cleaner going back in as it was coming out. The car breaker seemed sure that the solenoid I had would match his, despite different part numbers. My original was 0281002284 (top) and his was 0281002493 (bottom) and they are NOT the same. Only when i got them back did i notice the difference, cleaner to see in the photos below. For those wondering, i measured 2.2 ohms resistance on both of them, so I'm guessing thats right for the part.
In the mean time, the car is going but the engine management light still isn't coming on again so maybe, just maybe, it was a very odd coincidence that it went out at the same time.