Sodding thing just won't start!!! Any ideas?

[shortshift]

I started it this morning and left it to warm up for about 10 minutes and when I went to get in it, it had stopped running. Tried starting it and it turned over ok but wouldn't fire up at all. Left it half an hour in case I'd just flooded, still nothing. Went to work, came home, checked all the fuses, checked fuel pump, still wouldn't start. Any ideas??

[CraigAlsop]

I'm sure you already have checked this, but are you sure you have fuel?

[shortshift]

CraigAlsop said:

I'm sure you already have checked this, but are you sure you have fuel?

Yep. Nearly a full tank.

[s6boy]

Almost exactly the same happened to me this morning, but fortunately I was parked 15m from Castle when it happened. Drove 10mins from home, stopped, hair cut, nice car mate, yes going for a long drive in the sunshine, start up, oops-just popping over the road, pushed to the workshop
Long and short new plugs. I used to warm up in the garage= filthy dirty plugs. If no initial spark the s6 seems prone to flooding and then a real pig to start, this hopefully is also the cause of a bad misfire on full throttle I've had. Good luck hope you get sorted as easily

[whitey]

leaving it to idle from cold is about the worst thing you can do to the speed 6(or any engine) due to lack of oil pressure to top of engine.

and yes probably is flooded plugs.

[s7usk]

it may sound daft try the reset switch in the boot