No misfire. I had a look at the throttle body and maf earlier and it all looks pretty clean, from what I could see in the idle control valve hole that’s pretty clean but I haven’t sprayed any cleaner in.
One thing that’s vaguely confusing me, it may be a red herring and I can’t find an answer on google, is that of the stepper motor fix articles I’ve looked at there is no washer on them. The original in my car had a metal washer and the Lucas a slightly thicker fibre one. Has anyone else got a washer on there’s, and if not could the additional distance out be a part of the prob?
I would change the MAF just because it looks clean doesn't mean anything. I had a similar problem on an Alfa Spider, cleaned the MAF no change, changed the MAF and all good.