Got the owner down to £200 as we weren't sure how much we'd have to spend to get her going / if at all.
Looks like they've spent a lot on it. Overheat at Easter meant a head skim, new gasket, water pump, radiator and some second hand coil packs!
Why second hand I've no idea.
Anyway. Bought a decent set of 6 coil packs today, all the codes cleared but we had an Air Temp Sensor fault too. The car was so gutless we couldn't drive it onto the recovery truck.
Once the coil packs were done she sounded great but then the revs died but still no faults. Smelly exhaust.
Cracked the exhaust below the first Catalytic converter to find the innards of some of the first Cat had fallen away causing a massive bung blocking the exhaust. I think this has caused the overheat, powerloss etc..
Got a new set of plugs coming tomorrow from Ebay as it was a £15 saving and two tyres to fit. Tracking to check. Apart from that she's in great order.
Only other thing was rear boot stays are gone so it doesn't stay up and it weighs a tonne, and O/S wing mirror outer cover has been clipped and gone.
Kept all the old coils for future repairs although some look very brown like they've been overheating and arcing (if that's possible)