Update.
Had an intermittent misfire for a few weeks that caused a bit of hesitation when trying to gather speed quickly eg joining the motorway, and it gradually got worse to the point of it missing while idling in traffic and on occasion dropping down to 5 cylinders and showing an engine management light. Had it plugged in and it was showing a misfire on Cylinder 1, my bet was coil and and so was the guys up the garage.
So off came a few bits...
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Took the plug out on cyl 1 and checked it against the others, all looked the same so assuming they're ok for now.
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Swapped the coil and put it back together and it now runs sweet as a nut again. Hadn't realised how hesitant it had got until i drove it home with the new coil, nice and smooth and accelerates quickly when needed.
There was one other old fault code that the reader picked up, something to do with the diff hose? should have paid more attention really lol. If i get over this man flu i might get around to giving it a detail this week.