2003 Audi A4, sat for 2 years, need help with reviving

I have a 2003 Audi A4 Quattro 1.8T on my hands, the car was owned by my mom and parked (abandoned really) and not touched in two years.
She gifted the car to me recently and now it's my headache, I'm just trying to start it up, put back on the road again and most likely sell.

The car was in perfect running condition before being parked, slightly under 80K on the odometer.

Fuel in the tank without stabilizer for two years, dead battery by now I'm sure, a couple of low tires.

What's the proper way to revive this thing?

Thanks

 

Siphon the fuel out of the gas cap or try to get to the pump maybe? What's my best bet to get most of the gunk out?

 

I'll give that a try, thanks. I have two siphons that I use for the bikes, hope they can do the job.

 

Change the oil and the shit above.

 

Charged/ replace the battery and see if it starts. No sense in going further than you really have to. Filling the tank after getting it started may be all you need to do to dilute the bad fuel.

 

Will do, thanks.

 

After all that: Fill it up with premium, check the brake fluid (might want to swap it) and if it runs, take it out for a nice mild cruise.

Once up to temp and if it's running okay, brakes work and you're confident . . . run it HARD. If it doesn't blow up, you're good.

 

Don't siphon,you'll screw up the fuel gauge.

Drop the tank instead.

 

If the timming belt hasn't been changed... Change it!!! It's not a pretty site when they go on the on the 1.8T...

 

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If you run the tank of gas that is in it, make sure you change the fuel filter.

Potential failures are the water and fuel pumps, on that model, too.

If the car is musty, change the cabin filter and put activated charcoal under the seats for a few days.

Did the tires dry rot?

Good luck.

 

This works great for getting fuel out of tanks. Used it on my bike and had the tank drained in ~ 5 minutes.

http://www.harborfreight.com/multi-use-transfer-pump-66418.html

 

Both of these. The owners manual will say just over 100k, but there was a recall or whatever you want to call it that changed it to 80. Is the car Quattro? Manual or auto?

Also, it might seem trivial, but you probably will want to replace the dipstick tube.

 

Fuel filter, if it has one, has to go. Fuel pump and fuel injectors will not like pumping the remaining sludge through the lines.