Cheers anyway,ignition module was my first thought.I'm on my 7th mk3 XR3i and 4 of them has needed one.

Another quick question: The ignition module has 3 wires from the multi plug green,black and brown.The brown earth wire is not conected to anything and is just hanging down,is it supposed to go to the distributor somewhere or was it for those distributors with a metal cover round them?