CorsaSport14
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Registered: 11th Nov 07
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Past few days ive been having a problem with my car. If i leave it for a day without driving it, then start it up and goto drive when i accelerate and put my foot down its just coughing and spluttering and juddering and there's no power atall...i thought it was missfiring, but after like 10-15mins of poodling along it and turning car off & on again it will eventually smooth out and dissapear. I thought missfire's were constant, right?
Its only when i seem to leave my car for a day or so without running it.
x14xe engine, any help would be appreciated 
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barneykarl
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Registered: 29th Jul 06
Location: Stevenage
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any eml light, sounds fuel related ,tank vent or fuel return switch, pump or relay , pressurevalve, stabbing in the dark but I keep thinking fuel. 
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Richardhhha
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Registered: 29th Sep 07
Location: Croydon, Greater London
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check vacume pipes in the engine bay.. normaly the culprit for problems like this..
just fitted a power box to my 14xe and when removing old manifold i found a few perrished and damaged pipes... replaced now everything is ok..
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CorsaSport14
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karl: no eml lights on mate, i was thinking fuel aswell, but when its warm it seems to smooth out, so im thinking something mechanical in the head maybe...
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chris_gilly
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Registered: 13th Nov 08
Location: Birkenhead, Merseyside
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i had this once, i think its the ignition system. my 1.2 8v seems to struggle sometimes like its liking power then one morning it did what you describe. mines a coil pack
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barneykarl
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Registered: 29th Jul 06
Location: Stevenage
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A faulty coil pack should throw up the eml, I suppose you could clean the throttle body out and check the throttle rubber for splits, fuel filter might need changing, I think if it was ign problem you would get a eml on for something, could even be contaminated fuel? keep looking for the cause.
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