yes thanks!! - although it turned out the mechanic i used was a monkey
and wrongly diagnosed a faulty coil pack to actually be a loose spark
plug, which was eventually diagnosed and fixed by me.

during this however i saw that the black plug into the coil pack has 4
wires, 3 coloured and 1 black however this black wire is just hanging
out of the plug and is not connected to anything at all. Is this
supposed to go anywhere or is it just left over from some other
connector this loom has also been used on?

i dont think its that important as the car is, now, running fine.

BTW anyone need a new coil pack with 12 months warranty :)