Polo Non Starting

[Keep it stiff]

A 1.2 Polo, starts on the button from cold. After stopping when warm there is a 50/50 chance it won't want to start again. Turns over for ages and ages without firing, after many tries it will fire/misfire, finally pick up and then run as normal. Cat warning light has now come on, suspect this is related. Sounds like a fuel problem to me, sounds familiar and if so what's the cure?

[Foxhound]

What age / model is it?

[Keep it stiff]

2002 Polo E

[SuperchargedVR6]

The cat warning light came on because of all the unburnt cranking fuel saturating it.

Check your spark plugs and coils etc and get it on a diagnostic machine for good measure.

[aka_kerrly]

not exactly sure if the polo management is the same as golf but a hot starting problem can be down to the temperature sender/cold start valve/thermotime switch. if it thinks its still cold once the car is warm then the ECU will be chucking far too much fuel in.