The Money Pit !!

[morgan]

Good news. It could only be so much with a starter. Well done.
Ref gunk - thats not a huge build up. A few months of damp would cause that - get some heat cycles through it before getting too worried.
Fi-tech - they need to learn. And to learn they need to monitor. And to monitor they need to have some 'normal' run cycles.

You are in a bit of a vicious circle. Get the car starting , get some heat cycles, see if the gunk clears, let the fitech learn and settle. You are on the way...

These old cars have you second guessing everything - mine does it ALL the time. Ask this forum... I've had 1,000 questions that turned into nothing

[Billybob780]

Cheers lads for your help and support. It'll be a couple of weeks before I can do owt else just ballsed up my big toe...

[morgan]

Doh !

OK, add 'fix toe' to the list...

[Billybob780]

[cadboy]

hope you didn't kick the car that hard

[Billybob780]

Do you what I can't remember doing anything! The podiatrist said its had a significant trauma....... not as much as I did when they hit me with a bill of £400...