When to start golf age
First Start in YEARS! - VW GOLF MK2
what is up guys welcome back to the
channel as he probably can tell from the
thumbnail I just got myself a new
project car this time it's actually a
completely free old fox wagon golf that
I got from a family friend of ours I
tried to offer down payment but they
refused they were just happy to get rid
of the car and I've actually been
looking for a red Sun faded paint that I
can do a polishing video on or a full
detailed video on so I'm super excited
for this one and this one has actually
been sitting for a couple of years so
the first challenge is to just get it
started and get it home to the garage
but before I even go ahead and try to
start it
let's check so that the most crucial
fluids are topped off that is the engine
oil and the transmission oil first of
all the dipstick on the engine oil was
completely dried so I just started to
fill it up until I could read marking on
it I actually ended up putting in almost
three liters of oil so it pretty much
was empty with oil probably enough to
just get some oil circulating and just
enough to get some oil pressure but yeah
I almost put in 3 liters of brand-new
oil in the engine the dipstick for the
automatic transmission did have some
reading on it so I know that there's at
least fluid in there and to get an
accurate reading you need to check it
when the engine is on and the
transmission is warm so let's wait with
that so now we can go ahead and try to
start it with a help vehicle
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and as we can see it started actually
relatively easily and the alternator is
also charging the battery so that's a
good sign so now that we know that the
engine is able to start let's fill it up
with some coolant as well because the
reservoir was completely empty I ended
up putting in around 2 litres of coolant
in the system then just squeezing the
hoses to bleed out the bubbles and now
for the real test let's see if it can
move under its own weight
and at least reverse is functioning so
that's a good sign because this is an
automatic gearbox as we can see the
years of sitting is definitely showing
its signs
this is a single-stage red paint and
those are usually very satisfying to do
a polish on and as we can see here
no visible leaks which is just
absolutely fantastic I wasn't expecting
that considering in the fluids were so
low but yeah no leaks and of course the
gas tank was also empty so let's go
ahead and fill it up with ten liters of
fuel so that we can make the journey
home but we before we go on on the
20-mile journey let's just take it for a
quick test drive to make sure that it
can run through the gears and it doesn't
have any overheating problems or
anything like that that would make the
journey impossible
the first impressions is that it's
actually functioning pretty well
considering it's been sitting for many
years and now after the initial test
drive and the engine and transmission up
to operating temperature
I had one bottle of transmission fluid
so I just filled it up and I got a
marking or a reading between the min and
the max mark
so we finally made it to the garage in
one piece it actually went along pretty
well better than I expected
the brakes aren't functioning the way
they should
you know the car has been sitting for a
couple of years so there's a lot of rust
that has formed on the brake rotors a
lot of rust pitting and the brake pads
has probably ceased in there a little
bit so the braking was actually pretty
terrible so I made sure I drove slowly
and I used roads that weren't heavily
trafficking then there were some noises
coming from a wheel bearing but other
than that it actually went along very
well the automatic gearbox is working
the way it should and the engine seems
in a pretty good shape so that was a
pleasant surprise so yeah this was only
an introduction video the next one or in
the next videos with this car is going
to be of detail I'm gonna do a full
detail of this car and polish this red
faded nasty paint so we can see it has
some moss and algae s going on right
here so that will always also be a
challenge to clean off but I think it
will come out pretty good in the end
not perfect obviously it's a very old
car but I think the difference between
the before and after will be pretty
significant so I'm super excited to see
how this thing turns out in the end and
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out so that's it for this one guys I
hope you enjoyed it and I hope you look
forward to the next videos with this car
so yeah take care and I'll see you in
the next one bye
