I ran my poor old Astra with a dirty EGR for months but I had it removed stripped and cleaned for MOT emissions six of months ago. It had been running good for its age since then.
Until last month I did a couple of 150 mile round trips over three days and the car started playing up again as if the EGR was chocked so I thought it was the EGR. I left the car sitting for 2 weeks until I could get someone to round to clean it again but when we went to start it wouldn’t turn over.

We have done the following eliminations

• Charged Battery
• Removed & Dismantled Starter and rebuilt it.
• Striped and Cleaned EGR
• Fitted New Plugs
• Checked Coil Pack and all four are sparking

Still not wanting to run, when we turn it over it chugs away but won’t take throttle and dies.

Any suggestions as to what we should check next?
Fuel Pump?
Throttle Pedal?
Any ideas would be appreciated.