car wont start properly

Sounds like a you are most likely having a starter issue. I would guess the car sounds like it is taking longer and longer to start. If starting the car sounds slow then i would say the starter is no good. had the same thing happen to mine before i found the copper wire between my points and solidified rotted off.

thanks for the input Firstly the starter motor seems to fire properly, every time, if anything im worried im going to burn it out with the excessive firing,ill mention it to the guys in the garage thou as soon as ive got a few quid spare thanks

ive looked over a few forums and there is alot of mention of a coolant temp sensor causing this issue. I must enforce that you must Not buy cheap on this part since the cheap parts often result in the same issue after replacement as they throw the wrong info to the ecu. a few other things mentioned were an air temp sensor just behind the front bumper and air in the fuel due to a excessive pressure in the line (bubbling will show) between the fuel pump and the fuel filter. this is apparently what some one installed to fix the bubbling issue. http://www.idparts.com/pd-in-tank-lift-pump-a4-bew-p-585.html. hope this all helps.