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cant open bonnet?!

gazza975526570
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in Motoring
Hi
Think my car is overheating but i cant open the bonnet to check the coolant etc- feels like their is a clip/attachment come loose - is there another way of opening it?! Its an old ford fiesta
Thanks
Think my car is overheating but i cant open the bonnet to check the coolant etc- feels like their is a clip/attachment come loose - is there another way of opening it?! Its an old ford fiesta
Thanks
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You may need to call out a breakdown/recovery company or get out an old coat hanger, lay underneath the car and try to engage the release mechanism. It's probably just the cable snapped or come adrift if it's lose. It needs sorting out anyway as it's an MOT fail.0
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this happened on a friends new skoda, we had to take the grill out in the end to tighten the loose bit up, then it opened!
my advice is goto a scrap yard to practice!0 -
Thanks for your posts - just nipped through to my local garage - 2 minutes it was fixed - for free as well. Now thats money saving!!0
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gazza975526570 wrote: »Thanks for your posts - just nipped through to my local garage - 2 minutes it was fixed - for free as well. Now thats money saving!!
apply grease to the hinges and catch now its open0
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