After my Rover 214SEi (1995 N-reg) had been stood for a week, engine wouldn't start. It turned over, but wouldn't fire.
Called breakdown co. who did various tests - ie removed a HT lead, used spare spark plug, I turned engine over and he said there was a "poor spark"
After further checks, he diagnosed the rotor arm as being faulty and advised it be swapped along with the dizzy cap.
Had car recovered to garage Saturday morning. Got call from garage Sunday afternoon - they said car fired up OK and could not find any problem! They said it sounded a bit rough for a few seconds (would have expected that with it being stood) but is running spot on.
I am thinking of swapping rotor arm, dizzy cap and HT leads anyway just to be sure. Any other suggestions what the problem might have been here? Should I also get a new coil?
Cheers Paul, West Yorks