What coolant, gearbox oil, and brake fluid do I need for a 1.8gti

Can anyone tell me which coolant, gearbox oil, and brakefluid I need and where to get them from
Thanks  

What colour is your coolant?

Stuff I use in both my cars.

Coolant if you have blue coolant in the car ready. 5l is just enough.

http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/p/car-accessories/engine-oils-and-car-fluids/antifreeze-and-screenwash/blue-antifreeze/?523770501&0&cc5_865

Brake fluid. DOT 4.

http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/p/car-accessories/engine-oils-and-car-fluids/auxiliary-fluids/brake-fluid/?524770271&0&cc5_179

Gearbox oil. 2l is plenty.

http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/p/car-accessories/engine-oils-and-car-fluids/car-tranmission-oils/manual-transmission-fluids/?522776022&0&cc5_868

You have just missed a 55% off weekend, there may be another this weekend but if not there will be a sale on bank holiday time.
30% off if you use the code and get free delivery or click and collect as just turning up in the shop and paying over the counter will cost you more!

Hi thank you for the help, I haven't got my hands on the car yet so don't know the colour in coolant, I'm gonna drain the whole system so can I just buy the blue stuff and use that? Thank you

Fit a new thermostat while you are changing the coolant and don't forget to burp the system of air.

Change the blue antifreeze every 2 years to stop corrosion.

Is the car on the road already or a barn find?

Okay I will do and Brought it off my boss, it's been in his garage for 8 years 

Then Cambelt and tensioner needs replacing as well, Conti belts are good and I use the INA tensioner all from Euro car parts.

Cambelts are 6 years or 60,000 miles then change it as not that expensive to replace.

Take the rear drums off and check the brake wheel cyinders for any leaking, peel back the rubber cover and check underneath, may be worth changing them for new?
There is 2 types of wheel cylinder depending on what year the car is and where the valves are to reduce braking pressure to the rear.

Get 4 new tyres if using the ones on the car, 8 year old tyres go hard and crack and as the tyres are the only thing touching the road it's best not to risk it.

Good year efficient grip performance are £48.14 each fitted depending on what size wheels you have on the car.
Standard 14 wheels.
https://www.tyre-shopper.co.uk/tyres/brand/goodyear/goodyear-efficient-grip-performance/185-60HR14-82H


New fuel filter is a good idea, 2 years 20,000 miles is the recomended life.

Have a good look in the fuel tank and fuel filler neck, petrol goes off after about 1 year so suck out as much old petrol as you can and stick in some fresh super unleaded.


When starting the car for the 1st time leave the rotor arm off so the engine just spins over for a minute to get the oil pressure up before fitting the rotor arm and starting the car.

Nice one mark1gls neat little write up!  👍

Another thought….

Check the engine runs before changing the cam belt and tensioner, if it does not start after changing the cambelt you know something has moved.

Thanks for that man, appreciate the help, I'm gonna wait for the bank holiday see if I can save a few extra penny's, I was going to get cambelt and tensioner from TPS, but shall I just get the ones you've recommended from eurocar parts? 

Up to you really, no real benefit getting genuine VW belts as Conti belts are very good, and the tensioners I've been using for about 10 years in the 2 different cars I own have been fine.

Oil filters it's best to use genuine VW or Mann filters both are about £4 I would not use any other make.

If you can price up TPS for genuine oil filter and Quantum synta oil is also the stuff VW would use.
10w 40 semi synthetic.

Link to place with sells the oil and vw filters to compare price.

AVS Car Parts - [The VW - Audi - Seat - Skoda Parts Specialist]
 

Link to Euro car parts sister company, delivery only but some times cheaper than euro but depends on what discount is on, they also have discount codes.

Conti belt.

http://www.carparts4less.co.uk/timing-belt

Tensioner.

http://www.carparts4less.co.uk/tensioners-idlers-and-dampers


Have a very good look at the stud which the tensioner fixes on, if rusty change it for a new one as you don't what that to shear off. I think you will need to go to VW to get a new one?

I've already brought the quantum oil and genuine oil filter and Mann fuel filter, Bosch spark plugs, 
Now just timing belt tensioner, aux belt, water pump and thermostat. 
And is there different belts or are the one that come up when I put my reg in will that one work? 

Same Cam belt for all 1.6 and 1.8 engines from 1974 to 1992.

Alternator belt is 950x10 if you dont have power steering or air conditioning (very unlikely for UK car)

Don't forget a new dissy cap, rotor arm and HT leads again Bosch or Breu are the makes to go for, I change mine every 2 years or 20,000 miles in my daily car Mk1 Golf, I leave it a bit longer in the Mk1 Scirocco as it's a weekend car.

You could be saving money on all this stuff at any time through being a club member, I saved the £20 club membership in my first week of ownership buying stuff similar to your list.  and you can get insurance discount