Passat won't start

frozen fuel lines? maybe some ice in there?

later, dave (One out of many Daves)

Thats what I was thinking, but my other car (honda) I do not run any gasline antifreeze in it and its lines with freeze also if that was the case, just guessing? I guess its too late to put in gasline antifreeze now, as it needs to be run through

How many miles on the timing belt? They are most prone to fail when it's cold and the oil is thick. Other than that, maybe it's flooded, if so a new set of spark plugs would tell.

There is about 100,000km on the current timing belt, planning on changing itthis spring. If it was broken, I would notice and not hear the engine giving the occasional fire right? Any recommendation on type of plugs if I try and change those? Thanks again

Woodchuck wrote:

Well I changed the spark plugs and gave it a good boost, got it started after that, thanks! The old sparkplugs had some oil on them and smelled of fuel, wonder what caused that initially? Thanks again, Darren