Hi folks
WHAT WAS THE OUTCOME IN THE END ....
The good news is the car is working and running ... yipeeeee ... but i have no real idea why !
Here's a description of events leading up to the car starting. Please feel free to comment as to why you think it is.
After the last post which was from Keith i basically left the car for several days. I left it with the battery connected, i walked away with it going through its song and dance routine of flashing lights. Eventually it stopped, i don't know how long that took but i'm assuming becuase the key was out of the ignition it does do.
The plan was to wait for my Dad to come round to the house so we could try to tow and jump it which is why i had to wait several days.
Today, Dad arrives, we get the tow ropes sorted, plan how we're going to do it. Whilst making preparation we noticed from turning the key in the ignition a couple of clicks the battery was nearly flat I disconnected it and put it on charge for a couple of hours
Whilst waiting for battery to charge i filled up the radiator with water which took a couple of kettles of water to fill it.
Two hours later re-connected battery - lights flashed maybe a couple of times, then remained on with no flashing just beaming
We moved fairly quickly from this point because we didn't want the battery to go flat again before we had chance to jump start it. ( as i'm writing this an interesting fact has occurred to me that was different to before and that is i left the key in the ignition whilst connecting / re-connecting battery )
At this point i'm sitting in the drivers seat, i turn the key a couple of clicks, the keypad has its red light on, i enter the "1111" code, red light goes off, green light comes on, which is what i did before and what happened before. Okay, i'm all set sitting there waiting to be towed, checked the gears are in neutral, and as i'm sitting there i think well lets give it try you never know ... i turn the key all the way and the blasted thing works, engined fired up no problems.
I'm amazed it worked because i can't see i did anything different to what i had done 50 or more times previously in trying to get it started
I'll be interested to see what you guy's think the fault may of been and why it now works
Thanks for all the help folks, much appreciated. From now on i'll always make reference to these forums when i have a vehicle fault. Its such a good thing to know that there's a place you can go where you can find the intel your looking for because intelligence is pooled in forums such as these. Keep up the good work, Mark