Hi guys,  New to this forum..I have a 68 plate 1.6 tdi manual octavia. When I start the car in the morning it Mis fires for a few minutes before settling down. After that I can start the car at anytime and it just seems normal. Surely someone can help me . Thanks 

Could simply be the glowplugs are not heating up correctly and on the way out.

I wondered about that. Just baffled as no lights on dash etc. Car has 56k miles. Serviced with genuine parts every 10k 

 

 

How quickly does it start after being left overnight? If it takes a long time that could point to the glowplugs.

It fires up straight away but just rough

3 hours ago, dnic87 said:

I wondered about that. Just baffled as no lights on dash etc. Car has 56k miles. Serviced with genuine parts every 10k 

 

 

A faulty Glow plug may not always raise a eml to begin with. You can check the resistance of the plugs on a multi meter to see if they are at fault.

If it's firing up straight away it would seem they're ok.

My car had problems starting up due to a worn out battery.

The car fires up fine, it just then mis fires for a few mins, I could drive 200yds and its fine. And then when it's warm you'd never know it had mis fired. No lights on dash and idle is steady about 800

***UPDATE***

 

had the car put on the computer and it brought up a temporary fault in nox sensor 2. Put a bottle of vw additive in and fault appears to have rectified