hmmmmmmm il go downstairs now and have a look but im sure when i was pumping it just now with the engine off it was getting better the more i pumped it, not easier.

put the engine on then and boom spongy pedal.

think it could be just a bleed then due to low fluid?

by the way u know the steps to remove the abs then? something il be sorting soon, but i need a set of instructions to give to my garage which he will understand, seein as im not really mechanically minded.