car wont start. help please

[NERF 69]

Nice one will check that now. I thought it i had the spark everthing before the plugs were fine

[NERF 69]

Sounds to me like your ignition/HT leads are knackered. What will happen is when the cylinder is under pressure its harder for the spark to be produced and over time as the rubber insulating on the leads becomes perished it will leak the spark straight onto the head. When your testing the plugs out of the cylinder all the spark has to deal with is atmospheric pressure which is why its able to jump the electrode gap as your cranking it over. Remove your leads and check for any signs of white kinda chalky looking marks on the inner edge of the insulation....

just check leads they look like new. Thanks anyway. Please keep the suggestions coming though they are much apreciated

[NERF 69]

Gonna swap the crank sensor today fingers crossed it works

[NERF 69]

Crank sensor replaced still no luck out of options now

[patc]

I solved my similar problem by changing, in this order:

Coil pack
Dizzy cap
Plugs
Leads
Crank sensor
ECU relay
Fuel pump relay

The winner seemed to be the 2 relays as its been faultless since, although the crank sensor needed doing anyway as it was shot!

[NERF 69]

Tryed for a spark again and all i got was a sh!tty faint orange flicker. So im going to re-order the coil pack that i canceled and if that works repeatedly kick myself

[GTI JIMMER]

Good luck!! Have you had a look at the ecu yet?
Is pretty easy to get to, might be worth a look?

[NERF 69]

Had a look at it yesterday when i swapped the crank sensor, which by the way is an absolute ball ache, it looked perfect

[GTI JIMMER]

Oh right, sh!t the bed....
You had any other thoughts?

What about relays and that kind of thing? You used one of those diagnostic things to check if every things ok?

[NERF 69]

Not yet gonna change the coil tomorrow if that doesnt i know a man with a daignostics machine