Hi all,

Car has been running pretty ok. Perhaps the last once or twice it took slightly longer to start than usual (but then I've not been using the car as much as usual so it could be a week between starts and it has still always started with the first turn of the key). Anyhow, it was very difficult to start today, it took about ten tries and then the engine and thus the car was shaking quite badly, perhaps like it was running on 3 cylinders but worse. Plenty of oil and water, no sign of mayonnaise, no obvious sign of things hanging loose or engine light on dash (power steering light struggled to go out, probably because the electrical systems were under strain during the starting process. Any ideas of what I can look at (I don't have access to a code reader). I didn't try moving the car at all under its own power but I presume this would be a bad thing to do in terms of driving it to a garage so I'll have to somehow get a tow through my car insurance.

Edited 14 August, 201114 yr by tag1_uk

Thera are probably 100 different reasons for your problems but I'm not going to get into them BUT I would recomment StarTron fuel additive. This is a totally harmless magical enzyme formula that takes care of E10 problems as well as enhancing fuel, cleaning valves, fuel lines, etc. My wife*s car after vacation was running extremely badly and 10 min. after adding this stuff the car felt like new! I then added some to my newish car 2010 superb (170) and I think it is faster (I'm not 100% sure.) We also tried it in our lawnmower which is now purring like a new machine. This stuff is unbelieveable

Edited 14 August, 201114 yr by carter48

Thera are probably 100 different reasons for your problems but I'm not going to get into them BUT I would recomment StarTron fuel additive. This is a totally harmless magical enzyme formula that takes care of E10 problems as well as enhancing fuel, cleaning valves, fuel lines, etc. My wife*s car after vacation was running extremely badly and 10 min. after adding this stuff the car felt like new! I then added some to my newish car 2010 superb (170) and I think it is faster (I'm not 100% sure.) We also tried it in our lawnmower which is now purring like a new machine. This stuff is unbelieveable

Is this just spam advertising?

hmmm....

I replaced the battery on my wifes VRS. It solved many many problems. From electrical problems all the way to rough running...

Car is cranking fine and it is a relatively new battery so pretty confident it isn't the battery. It was towed to the local VW specialist this morning, it sounded a bit rough but started and ran better than yesterday and was good enough to be able to drive it onto the low loader. The garage have had it all day and can't find anything wrong. Not impressed :(

Hello Tag1_UK. What I said about Startron is my honest impression; no spam. Search the net and and you will find many testimonials. This **** is incredible. What I wrote about my wife's car really happened. My son insists my new car has more power as well although I'm still not convinced. My car had a lot of spunk to begin with, being new.

Car is cranking fine and it is a relatively new battery so pretty confident it isn't the battery. It was towed to the local VW specialist this morning, it sounded a bit rough but started and ran better than yesterday and was good enough to be able to drive it onto the low loader. The garage have had it all day and can't find anything wrong. Not impressed :(

New EGR valve or spark plugs/leads coil pack/s, new ECU temperature sensor is always a good idea too.