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Well found! Wonder if someone had pulled on the lead not the spark plug boot at some point?

Thanks for reposnding. The profile pic is my old Polo that unfortunately got destroyed in a fire, midway through some restoration work. The car in question is a 98 , 1.4 - 8 valve and does have a 3 way plug on the dizzy. The intermittent poor running eventually became permanent one day and she was obviously running on three. So having a look under the bonnet when it got dark, I could clearly so a spark where it shouldnt be. There was some deterioration in an HT lead next to the metal sleeve that does over the plug. It was shorting to the metal sleeve. Prior to this becoming a permanent fault, I think there was a small amount of seepage, causing a weak spark. In varying degrees, depending on moisture present. Some silicon and insulation tape had it all insulated again. This was supposed to be a quick, get you running repair. But it has been fine ever since. I will splash out on some new leads at some point. I do think this was a separate issue to the original, conking out at a junction scenario. That did seem like fuel was not getting through for some reason ? But all good for now, so fingers crossed.