Your description sounds right. I think you've learned a lot about your
car, Motronic diagnose and unidiag in those 10 days. :)

> It seems I have been looking at the wrong solenoid , after going through the
> workshop manual its not by the airbox its the EGR SOLENOID , THE RIGHT ONE
> IS BY A CANISTER inthe inner wing not far from there, meanwhile I have been
> sorting the parking brake as I need to get it back to the MOT WITHIN 10DAYS
> and have been struggling to resolve it, but think I have finally sorted it
> with a new cable when it turns up!