Grrrrrr Start!!!!!

[benjam_in]

Bloody car wont start! turns over nicely but wont fire! did once for afew seconds then died! any ideas boys? 

[Blue MK2]

fuel pump, relay, lift pump thing in the fuel tank?
does the pump whine for about 2-3 seconds when the ignition is on?

no fuel 

[VeeDubGTI16v]

are you getting a spark, check that first

[benjam_in]

are you getting a spark, check that first

the only way of doing that i know hurts a lot!

[VeeDubGTI16v]

yeah put the ht leads bout a cm from your arse to test

[Agreeable Slick]

the only way of doing that i know hurts a lot!

umm just pull the HT lead off, unscrew the plug, and put the HT lead on it, then get someone to turn the engine over whilst you look for a spark.

Not hard, or painfull.

[rubjonny]

Change dizzy & rotor arm, solved starting issues on my gf's AX, would turn over for ages before it would start, and liked to cut out randomly.

[...joe]

unscrew a plug and attatch it to the lead, then stick it through the engine lifting eyelet to check for spark, check rotor arm, check for fuel,

do what everyone else said and what i re-iterated!!!