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Old 07-27-2009, 12:50 PM
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Help please my hood is stuck!

Ok I change my oil and then I check to make sure anything in the way and there was nothing. I then close my hood then open it but on the middle and driver side pop . My right side won't pop!!!!!! I can't open my hood
Old 07-27-2009, 12:51 PM
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Try a crowbar. That should pop it right open.
Old 07-27-2009, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Kidcane
Try a crowbar. That should pop it right open.
I'm serious man. The hood won't pop on the right side. I need to check my oil level
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when mine gets stuck, i use a garden shovel and WD-40
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dude....sell your car . . . .
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I don't even do anything physical, I just say "open-says-a-me" and it does.
Old 07-27-2009, 12:56 PM
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Did you perhaps leave something in the engine bay on top of the radiator shroud that would cause it to get stuck? Perhaps try to gently pry it up near the latch point with a pry bar.
Old 07-27-2009, 12:59 PM
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what was the last thing you did with the hood open???
Old 07-27-2009, 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Black Betty
Did you perhaps leave something in the engine bay on top of the radiator shroud that would cause it to get stuck? Perhaps try to gently pry it up near the latch point with a pry bar.
Fck can't pry or force. We try forcing and something cracked
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Originally Posted by nogoodname007
what was the last thing you did with the hood open???
Change my oil and I need no tools for that. I even check to make sure
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try popping the hood again from the inside
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push down on the side that's stuck and have someone pull the hood release in the car.
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^^ good call...
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i just look at mine and think open and pop. there it is.
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Wow I had 3 guys pull on it as hard as possible andthey literally was pulling the car front up and decompressing the spring. That is how hard it is


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