Update 3:
Have been using the car now for the past 2 weeks and have not had any issues. I hope that this does not jinx it.
After my last post I had the lazy starter motor replaced. The car spends a lot of time sat on my drive exposed to all wind, rain and freezing temps. Since the replacement starter was fitted it fires up quickly first time every time.
I am making the assumption that the bad starter was causing the ECU some confusion when the engine would almost fire up but then go back to cranking, when this happened a lot of blue(ish) smoke would come pouring out of the exhaust (un-combusted diesel) once it eventually started running both in fault condition or normally.
Hopefully I can put this fault to bed now. We love our car and would hate to have to trade it in.
G.
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