Thank you for that, the car is a C250 TD 1997 i think, once the car starts it runs sweet as a nut, and also restarts fairly easily when warm. where shall I start bearing in mind somebody else has already had a go at fixing it, whats the next reccomended step. Thanks again for any help, going to buy it in the morning but i think its to cheap not to have a gamble on, its the esprit version as well which is quite nice