Thanks, Choquy03. We haven't had the codes read yet - I know that we need to do that next. I've had a quote of £41 /$66 for an engine management system temperature sensor, but the service guy wouldn't recommend changing it without checking codes - or I could be going round-the-houses for ages. And y...

Noobie here - I'm tying to save a friend's car from the scrap-heap because of a few issues, but mainly the cutting-out which happens intermittently at junctions and lights. Her son's figured that keeping the revs up is good for it but she'd rather get it properly sorted - or it goes to the knacker's...