My dad has a mk1 Golf GTI sitting on his lawn for about 5 years

>>15440915
I'm jelly ;-;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BiFpSkMbNQ

>>15440924
>OP asks for help
>Tripfag blogs instead

A new battery, for one. New fluids are a good idea too.

Get old gas out, put new in

Check distributor, wires and plugs

Do a rolling start.

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i have one sitting too. but my mechanic doesn't wanna fix it. its sitting at his shop for about 8 months now.

tell you what op, in my flyover state its HARD to find people who work on the obsolete fuel injection.

good luck op. can you hear the fuel pump fun

>>15440915
Start it up? idk

>>15440927
>help
If he even has to ask fur help he's fucked 2bh

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>>15440915
Rear engine rotary swap

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>>15440943
why that?
just take it to someone who can work on German cars

>>15440977
I'm assuming theOP said help, as in help me fix this, not help me call a mechanic to fix this.

>>15440915

>new spark plugs
>change the oil and coolant and all that shit
>get a new battery
>fill the tank with brand new gas so that the rotten old gas is diluted a bit and you have a better chance of starting, this saves you the money and hassle of having the tank drained

try starting it

if the car doesn't turn over then the starter motor is probably fucked and you can bump start it

if the car turns over but doesn't start then its probably the fuel pump or distributor

once the engine has run for about 15 minutes go for a drive and gently see how it feels

if you feel lucky try an italian tuneup

Forgot to mention that plastic part on some fuses was melt

>>15440990
eh just throw on a fresh battery and turn the key and see if the fuel pump runs. i would take the plugs out and crank it for a while to prime the oil.

yeah he will need fresh oil and gas but i would do that first.

>>15440995
a relay? theres a lot of them in the fuse box

>>15441004
Yea, tried with new battery, still same. So i assume its the fuel pump

>>15441021
any blown fuse? i know its a bitch to look under the dash and look.

no, it might be the fuel pump relay. the shitty thing is the relay wont fire the fuel pump unless it sees the engine is spinning by the starter.

ok? the fuel pump needs the engine to spin first

>>15440934
This

>>15441038
and it does this so you can listen to the radio or whatever with the engine off. key on=engine off means no fuel pump running

>>15441048
Ok, got it. Im going to check the fuses when I get time. Thanks famalam

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>>15440925
That car has a lock on the lock cylinder. you see that button that says push above the ignition?

Good fucking luck op.

8/10 the Chace of you having to put a rebuilt fuel distributer in it because they are prices of shit and fail.

Other than that mk1s are niceeeee

>>15443286
Same fag here. Pull the injectors to double check it's getting fuel or dumping fuel. Simply pull the injectors out using a crowbar or somthing.

>fwd
Who cares

>>15440951
That not a rotary setup that's a motor out of an air cooled Volkswagen

>>15443340
>rwd
Kys with that pleb shit

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Live close to this guy a thinking about buying it should I /o/

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1846151

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DONT REV THE FUCKING PISS OUT OF IT WHEN IT STARTS!!!!!!!!!!!!

>>15443466
I hate when my mates rev the shit out of their cars when cold started

>>15443693
ive seen tons of cars starting where they start a car that has been sitting for years, and the first thing they do is REV.jpeg
sometimes without even changing the fluids

>>15443874
My friends are waay too stupid to understand why it is bad to rev the car while cold.
No wonder why his Peugeot sounds like taxi car and it is only at 90k KMs

>>15443400
it's a rotary you retard, the feature's on speedhunters

>>15440951
Wtf i hate speed hunters now.

>>15440934
ROOOOLLLIINNGGGGG STAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT