refusing to start in cold mornings

[sharki786]

Give a check of any engine codes. Also could be condensation buildup in the earlh mornings on some components. Found with the celica i owned that spraying a bit of wd40 on the spark plugs and HT lead connectors either end made a big difference on starting up even when left for a few days in the cold.

Edit: forget what i said, i keep forgetting its possible for a thread to be on more than one page.

Checked for codes on weedend. Nothing comming up apart from abs rear right. I got my new crank sensor just need to fit it and will give it an oio change with filter. As other stuff is newish

[sharki786]

Small update. I had the crank sensor fitted and also changed the oil and oil filter on thursday. Andyway yesterday after driving about and being stuck in traffic with my son i dropped him off home and headed of to the garage. I got onto a strech and decided to out my foot down to over take BANG BANG misfire and a huge sudden drop in power which sent me flying forward (always wear my belt) managed to get it started and it wasnt idling or running, it stalled then after a few seconds it was fine but as soon as i put my foot down it would misfire and die. Eventualy i managed to get it to the garage and it was fine WHAT A CNUT! Why did the problem go away? I left it started for ages took it around the block a few times but it wouldnt misfire or cut out. Drop it home fine (under 2k revs) lol
The misfire/backfire sounded awesome in the tunnel as it normaly does 
Spoke with the mot guy and he says that it could have been some water on some elec comp. My unc says its the crank sensor that could be fauly?

[Leon27]

I went through what I thought was a small puddle and the water must have flicked up and covered the dizzy area, misfired for a few mins then went away never to come back so the MOT guy was correct in saying that.

What brand crank sensor did you get? Siemens VDO from ECP was the exact same as the one i removed from my car so could be the original (provided it wasn't replaced already) but 4 years later its still going ok touch wood. Have fitted Meyle, GSF cheap items and had them come back a week later.

[sharki786]

The misfire was pretty violent as it threw me forward (my lower back hurts lol) time for whiplash claim i thinks lol.
Wel i got the part from central auto supplies and the part they gave me was interpart so i rang them yesterday and explainedto them. They will ring the supplier up on monday to get more into on the part.

[sharki786]

How can i check to see if the crank sensor is reading? Is there anyway from vagcom?