Still shaking down the e30, tracked down a fuel starvation problem to a blockage inside the fuel tank sender unit, probably the reason that the fuel gauge didn't work either.
My kids are keeping me busy with their cars that I'm diagnosing remotely, time to get rid of one of my daughter's very tired Corsa and replace it with an immaculate low mileage Fiesta I bought as a cat S, just needing bolt on panels that I bought in the correct colour.
e21 engine, I had a call from the machine shop yesterday that they had bored it out to match the super rare oversize pistons I bought only to discover that No6 needs a liner, so another week or 2 until that's done I suspect.