The slow turnover was the battery being weak. It can turn over and start within a second the issue is the second it's started it struggles, dies and sounds like a nightmare doing so.
This video gave me some hope
He did top off the fuel.
However he owns a diesel where he's from and he's sure he filled it with diesel.
He also showed me the bill which writes diesel. Unless he first started with Gas and then realized it and changed.
He's the friend of a friend. My impression is that he's a nice guy and not bs-ing me... but... that's still a possibility.
he told me to keep the bill but I forgot to take it... (I should have checked how many litres he put it as that would have been a good hint.)
Apparently the issue just happened instantly... out of nowhere. Prior to that it was running super smooth as it always did.
But all in all I am fairly annoyed as I was hoping to keep the car longer given the fact that I put in a lot of money in maintenance.
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Unless someone tells me it would be easy to fix this under 750$... I think it's going to the scrap.
It's had a decent life for Montreal Quebec standards given our horribly salted winter roads which rotts the rocker panels of all MK5's
1 year after purchase.
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6 years later
The work of our winters... I would sand to bare metal, prime, bondo, sand prime and respray... but the rust comes from within.
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And this summer I got my Mechanic to cut off all the rust and put on an aftermarket rocker that goes over.
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Yes the car looked rough and my spray paint skills are garbage but the frame was flawless, the exterior rust was now under control and until this happened, it ran smoother than the 2018 Civic that replaced it... which I got for super cheap as it was heavily abused and still needs some work.
Also I guess I have a Newish PD140 Turbo to sell... which I never got to install as I was waiting for the original turbo of this car to fail or show signs or failure.
It was purchased new and installed in my previous Jetta which I put in over 10 000$ on to mod and make perfect. Injectors, Turbo...
And going 90kmph on a country road a deer jumped at me. (I got the dashcam video for that)
So I bought back the turbo from the scrap and bought a purely OEM car to replace it... 6 years later, I never reinstalled the turbo or modded this Jetta.