I have a 94 golf and I've had it sitting in my bosses underground garage for the past 6 months. When i went to start it yesterday the battery was completely flat (i really should have disconnected it before i left) so i hooked it up to my friends car to jump start. On the first attempt it actually ran for about 5 seconds then died. After that i could only get it to fire with my foot flat because i suspected it was just flooded, but it will only fire/run for about 1-2 seconds then just die. I have taken the battery out and given it a charge for around 6 hours but it still doesn't have enough juice to turn it over at a respectable speed so I've still be trying it with the jump start... Any thoughts on how to get her going? My dad suggested new plugs so i guess ill take them out and have a look tomorrow.

 

You can take the spark plugs out and see if they are wet with petrol. You could stivk a new set in if you don't know when they were changed last.

If they aren't wet check the fuel pump is working. Also check the timing belts hasn't broken.


https://volkswagenforum.com/forum/ne...gnature-34185/

 

Took the plugs out today and gave them a real good clean, after tuning her over for a while with my foot flat i finally got it to fire enough to run. It seems sweet now, just needed a bit of TLC after being left for a while i think