Wont Start....

[Ezy03]

let me start by saying .. yeah i know its not a skyline, but people on this forum seem very knowledgeable and helpful when it comes to cars so here it goes....its a mk2 golf gti and the story goes like this....

iv started to restore my gti mk2, well the whole idea is to learn more about automobiles as i go along and learn on how to restore cars themselves, anyway to get on with it, i have a golf gti mk2 16v its in pretty decent for what i want to do, no signs of rust so far, panels are straight and so is underneath the car so it doesn't look like its been in any accidents, its been rarely used itself as its been off the roads for about 2 years now and just been lying around by a friend which i purchased the car off. The car does need body work and interior work to be perfect but the main trouble is the transmission and engine...

the problem so far....

so far i have taken off the hood, front bumper and lip and front wheel arches to get better access to the engine bay and keep those loose arches from cutting me.

the car has loose gear leaver all the way to the transmission so its kinda hard to get in gear..but that's no matter as the car doesn't start atm. it did before even with the bad tranny but obviously wasn't moving anyway just standing in the spot and idling (this was about 6 months ago).

anyway today i tried to make the engine kick but nothing happened and it went like this....

turn the key and it struggled to do anything. changed batter and something but still no dice....so.....

i changed engine oil etc (serviced the car) just incase it was something missing there, somethings simple stuff might do the trick i thought, anyway it didn't, i checked the spark plug leads and they were pretty dirty and had them cleaned and they seem ok i guess. secondly i check the ends of the leads both to the spark plugs and to the coil pack unit, they were dirty but i cleaned them up and opened the unit up and there wasn't anything wrong about it...

after that ordeal i open up the throttle body and gave it a clean, may i thought it was fully blocked or something. so i did that and connect the lot back up again and still same problem.

i have posted a video of what happens....any help of what it might be or ideas on what to do would be great!!

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[Bronx]

hey mate, sure its a 16v? looks like a RV engine, it doesnt have the banana intake either. if its the australian delivered 4 door, its def a 8v, RV coded engine with the de-tuned exhaust, puts out 95whp.

i just sold mine, i have spare parts if you need any. still got some stuff like racing head, supercharger, smoked lights and an entire engine and gearbox.

in regards to your car, if it still sounds the same. i doubt it has enough juice to start the car. its struggeling to turn over.

i could come and have a look at the car if your in sydney

[Ezy03]

yeah had another closer look and compared it and it is a 8v ....ill pm about the other stuff