bonnet wont open!!

[xsalonx]

hello.. help please my bonnet is unpredictable.. it wont open fro me and i have to get in it to put water to take it to the garage tomorrow to get new water pupm fitted!! arrrgggggghhhhh..

it has opened on the odd occassion when push down on it and someone else pulls the lever!! but now it refuses to budge!! please help...
is there any other levers or ways to open it??

[kevinrbeech]

Only way is what you've been doing, push on bonnet and try to "tease" it open while the pressure is off.
You can fiddle with a screwdriver and various other tools throught the grille and from under the car, unfortunately it would have been better to sort it when you had the bonnet open last time.
If it is fouling on the side of the catch "pin" it may work to; push bonnet, 'til you feel it click, sort of push from one side, and sort of try to wiggle it loose.
It is a real sod, I know,
Kevin

[discool]

It's a common problem and it's happened to me, the final time I broke the T handle. U know the trick, push down on the bonnet, I had to grip the end if the cable and kept giving it a snatch pull, lucky for me the cable connection at the lock held. I now make sure the lock is always well oiled.