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[llewellyn237]

When firing up my 2.2 auto on a morning she judders and shakes a bit, only for a few seconds then all is good.

Any ideas on the cause before it gets worse or turns into something serious?

[freecall666]

try cleaning the spark plugs, looking at them before cleaning should help, check and see what colour they are. also could be water/oil in plug wells check and clean out.

[Andy H]

Check the plugs and coil pack.

Oil or water around the plugs indicates a leaking camcover (oil) or bonnet seal (water)

If you take the plugs out and just one of the plugs looks as though it has been steam cleaned that would indicate a failing head gasket.

What you don't say is whether this is a recent problem. Cold engines always run a little roughly during warm up while the ECU is chucking extra fuel in. The difficult part is knowing what feels 'normal'.