odd 2113 behavior, '89 200q, MC1

[James Marriott]

All,

My poor buddy Ben conned his parents into riding SIX HOURS in his
way-cool ringsmobile for Christmas dinner at grandpa's. The car
ran great 50% of the time, then wouldn't start at the filling
station for the trip home. 2113 was the only code. He had the car
towed to a nearby shop, and they mooched a ride back home from
his uncle. The next AM, the shop goes to "diagnose" the car and
it starts up and pulls in the shop on its own. Repeated restarts
with no issues. A cousin drove the car home today with no issues.

2113 is supposed to be hall (distributor) sensor. Do these
buggers fail intermittently? What's the fix? (sensor, entire
dist, etc) And should I proactively change mine?

tia and cu, James Marriott
'84 4kq beater, 217k
'87 4kq (alias "late-B2 90q") with rare NG engine, 181k
'89 200q (MC1, ProconTen/no bag, 1.8 blah blah), 141k
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