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thats not muddy @olduns thats a canal!

or perhaps he meant that @MicMac is generally very good at helping out in the mk2 section but didnt on this occassion. because he was itherwise busy? and may have missed the original post.. it happens on a forum. i would like to point out it took 2 weeks to come back and moan about noone helping, after a couple of important questions to aid digital diagnostics were asked and a suggestion made on where to start looking. anyway, c'est la vie as @J.R. might say these frenchy days.. helped offered, and either ignored or whatever, meh, it wont keep me awake tonight (many other things might though...)

good morning @Deathbymilk there numerous places to check for water getting in - sunroof drains - there are 4, the front 2 running down each A pillar. run a length of thin wire down each of them the whole way to the ground to make sure they are clear. behind wheel arch liners - where the windscreen scuttle drains out - fills up with crud and blocks the outflow point. the space then fills fills up with water until it reaches the level of the bonnet release cable grommet in the fire wall and it runs on through to the cabin. door membranes - really common. if any work has been done on a door lock, speaker, window regulator etc (which at the age of even the youngest mk1 is a 90% likelihood, its a miracle if there hasnt been!) then the plastic membrane has been removed for access. Then theres a good chance it was replaced and a small gap in the sealant lets an astounding amount of water in. look for signs of water at the bottom of the door card where it meets the metal frame. door seals - if a door has shifted it might not be making full contact. rub some chalk along the seal, close the door and pour water down from the top of the door, it will wash off the chalk anywhere its getting through.

that mugjt not even be specific to the hydrogen version of that model.. but its a nice splashy headline 🙄

youre correct George, considering the guy was in it, and just wandered off while yer ma was clearly talking about it... if it was "pure coincidence" and "wasnt for public viewing yet" wouldnt you get out tell the vlogger to go **** off and stop filming?? 🤣

ive been running away since the last update, 6k, 8k... times are all hovering around 31-32mins on the 6k and 42-43 on the 8k. sleep hasnt been brilliant. waking up, and being restless while getting into bed... back to work today! ick. but i got my last 6k of January in this morning, after spending an hour during the night in Jr's room on the floor.. and the reason i pushed myself to get out... i needed the 6 to finish the 100k challenge... quite happy with it

he was briefed before we started each up hill tow that once he was moving himself again it was really important that the rope didnt touch the ground and he absolutely could not try to pass me out with the rope on and why... hes a clever little sod so he understands that "if dad is saying this is possibly dangerous and important to listen, then it really must be"

id be bringing it back to your dealer for a check then, as it clearly has something wrong, but will be under warranty still.

Hi and welcome @Technetium99m does your Kushaq have an infotainment radio system? if so does the vehicle status menu show anything?

@Wino is a generally reliable source of diagrams?

well lets try and solve it.... wgen it isnt unlocking, does it sound like the mechanism is getting power and just not operating properly, or is it just dead? the most likely failure point if its not getting power is the where the loom passes through the A pillar into the door

pretty sure it just pops off if you get something flat under the top or bottom edges. edit.... sorry i thought i was in the mk1 section, 🤣🤦‍♂️. i usually check there then the mk2.. mustve mis-tapped. anyway, i cant imagine it being much different on the mk2...

looking okay and being okay may not be the same. you really need to get a multimeter on it and continuity check them in case theres a split inside the insulation. you also really need to check the driver door one as thats got the most daily wear and also the most likely place to give an issue affecting many bits of the car.

managed to steal another cheeky bash with Senior today. we reversed the route we did the last day, and i brought a secret weapon.. it meant we got a farther than last day too. the downhill version of the dirt track.. but when you go downhill you have to go back up! and when your not quite 7 that can be hard. thus the secret weapon... a 3Tonne tow rope to get up the hill 🤣 daddy got a better work out than the distance would suggest

its a lot easier for the engine to get up to the redline in 1st and 2nd though, its not under the same resistance through the gearing, so the issue mught be much more subtle/ unnoticeable in the ose lower gears. have a look at your fuel filter..... have you recently changed fuel supplier? it has this been going on long enough to not be "bad fuel" linkable to one specific filling station?

did you count how many exposed threads were on the outer door pull cable "bolt" on the old one? nearly every time someone does this they get that step wrong (me included) and it will work twice and then stop again... too much slack or too tight and it will stop the mechanism from operating properly.

im no expert but alot of those error codes could all be down to bad earthing. theres a few earth connectors around the car, i would start there and clean them all up and make sure the connections are all solid. then start looking at the wiring looms especially where they pass through door pillars and connection blocks for breaks, grays or water damage.

try it with the maf unplugged, not just swapped over. doing that forces the car to assume a preset air flow rare and around that. it might not be "correct" but it should smooth out the rough/lumpy bits IF the maf is the problem.

goddam it, i was close!!!

any chance of getting it plugged into a diagnostic? my instinct says cam position sensor, or try unplugging the MAF

give it the full rev range for a while and that should blow alot of the built up gunk etc out the back end, and bring it for its test. unless you have genuine cause for concern and youve kept up the general maintenance, i would imagine you shouldnt have much of a problem with your emissions test

some one of these days ill find the money down the back of the couch to get myself a decent camera as i've promised myself repeatedly for the last 10yrs ...

brought Sr for a short blast in the woods... his bike is really not whats needed for where we ended up - in the slop - and i had to do a lot of : get off, dump bike, push him up the hill and let him go when he could, run back down the hill grab my bike and pedal up to usually catch him just he ran out out of steam again but he loved it, and it was good to get out. also a nice test fit of the boot carrier. need to look at instructions again though, see if i can get the higher mounting point as the front wheel was very very low.. didnt cop it when leaving the house due to the slope of the driveway. wrecked!

or... . if you want the ease of convenience for the future... get a bag of rivnuts so you can bolt it back on and remove again if needed

1500gauge clear plastic (damp proof course for building) and some scissors will make a set of membranes. some duct tape around where you need to make holes for door pull bars etc to reinforce them. i used pvc pipe jointing compound as an adhesive to stick it on, just make sure you dont leave a gap.