struggled to start this morning

[pjwpjw]

hi all, we had some snow yesterday and it was minus temperatures most of the weekend. the car was running fine and starting fine friday, but when i went to start this morning it struggled to fire.

the starter turns fine, so i dont think its the battery, it just sounded like it was running on two cylinders, then chugged for about ten seconds, then kicked in and started running if not a little chuggy when it was cold.

is there anything common i should be looking at? its a 1.6 petrol, does it have coilpacks or a dizzy cap?

[Crasher]

Which year and engine code? Some of those have a dist cap that is absolutely evil to get at. Your problem may be a faulty coolant temperature sender so I suggest you start by getting someone to give it a fault code read.

[pjwpjw]

its a 1.6 adp 8v.

just been out and tried it again after driving to work and it getting to temp, and it started first time with no problems, so i think its damp or cold getting to a component rather than something properly failed. think ill replace the plugs out of routine anyway.

just waiting for my vagcom to turn up to read the codes.

[Crasher]

The distributor cap on an ADP engine is awful to get and so is not often changed.