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How can you open the bonnet if the cable has snapped at the engine bay end?________________________________________
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 alcon
Senior User  Location: Glasgow Registered: 19 Jan 2005 Posts: 941 Status: Offline |
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 Posted 25th May 2017 at 22:43
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Cjwatson27
Seasoned Pro  Location: Oxford Registered: 17 Sep 2013 Posts: 1,968 Status: Offline |
Post #2
I had the same issue once I think Someone said it's possible with a long screwdriver from underneath to unlock it________________________________________ Old pugs don't die they just get faster |
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Posted 26th May 2017 at 07:11
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alcon
Senior User Location: Glasgow Registered: 19 Jan 2005 Posts: 941 Status: Offline |
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When you say from underneath do you mean under the bonnet lip and gap in grille or underneath as in lying on your back under the car and reaching up through engine bay?________________________________________ 1999 GTi-6 (china blue)1999 Rallye (black) |
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Posted 26th May 2017 at 10:31
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roland rat
Yeeeah Rat fans!  Location: Swansea Registered: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 22,284 Status: Offline |
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Or you can smash the grille up to have easier access but youll ave to track down another grille |
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Posted 26th May 2017 at 11:00
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alcon
Senior User Location: Glasgow Registered: 19 Jan 2005 Posts: 941 Status: Offline |
Post #5
roland rat wrote: Or you can smash the grille up to have easier access but youll ave to track down another grille I thought about that but I don't have a spare china grille. Got a spare bonnet though......could always angle grind a hole in the bonnet!!  ________________________________________ 1999 GTi-6 (china blue)1999 Rallye (black) |
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Posted 26th May 2017 at 11:21
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welshpug!
Capt Pedantic  Location: Bigend, Wales. Registered: 27 Mar 2007 Posts: 25,865 Status: Offline |
Post #6
take the bumper off and you may be able to reach behind the grille.the engine bay of a 6 is too packed to be able to reach in from underneath and yank the cable by hand I think, I have done this with a DTurbo though! ________________________________________ need a part number? get on here - http://public.servicebox.peugeot.comBring on the Trumpets. |
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Posted 26th May 2017 at 11:25
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alcon
Senior User Location: Glasgow Registered: 19 Jan 2005 Posts: 941 Status: Offline |
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I'll try the front bumper off method as it sounds like it will provide the most amount of space. I'm thinking the grille mind bend forward a little to allow access up behind it.________________________________________ 1999 GTi-6 (china blue)1999 Rallye (black) |
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Posted 26th May 2017 at 12:02
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alcon
Senior User Location: Glasgow Registered: 19 Jan 2005 Posts: 941 Status: Offline |
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mocinim wrote: Poor on some chocolate and let chunk eat his was in  you know who you are chunk !!!!  ? ________________________________________ 1999 GTi-6 (china blue)1999 Rallye (black) |
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Posted 26th May 2017 at 13:58
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mocinim
Seasoned Pro  Location: The Darkside of bedford :) Registered: 09 Jan 2015 Posts: 2,307 Status: Offline |
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alcon wrote: mocinim wrote: Poor on some chocolate and let chunk eat his was in you know who you are chunk !!!! ? Sorry bud was aimed at a tit on another site making s**tty comments just thought id have a pop at his verbal dribble Will remove point made and all that ! ________________________________________ BLACK RALLYE - phoenixWHITE RALLYE - valliant http://public.servicebox.peugeot.com/ https://www.gov.uk/check-mot-history |
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Posted 27th May 2017 at 01:02
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alcon
Senior User Location: Glasgow Registered: 19 Jan 2005 Posts: 941 Status: Offline |
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I meant to say...I managed to get the bonnet open by removing the front bumper which leaves quite a lot of space to get up behind the grille. From there, it's just a matter of flicking the catch with a long screwdriver to release the bonnet.________________________________________ 1999 GTi-6 (china blue)1999 Rallye (black) |
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Posted 26th Jun 2017 at 12:39
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iplay
Seasoned Pro  Location: Number Wang Registered: 18 May 2006 Posts: 3,271 Status: Offline |
Post #11
I charged my battery last night closed the bonnet ... and i think it has gone the wrong side of the locking catch? is that possible? i can access the car with keys and pull the bonnet release. it works i can feel it move from the cable. i think i have closed the bonnet in some way it has gone the wrong side of the bonnet catch mechanism? or some bonnet deadlock? from ignition not being set right when i removed battery or the bonnet has clicked the wrong side of the bonnet catch?is this possible? both the bonnet release lever and cable ... and bonnet catch all move freely ... |
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Posted 3rd Feb 2026 at 17:18
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jimmyhackers
Seasoned Pro  Location: birmingham Registered: 14 Jun 2011 Posts: 1,286 Status: Offline |
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your ignition wont "DEADLOCK" your bonnet. no electrics too itcant see how the latch can easily shift to a deadlock position. id suggest getting a 2nd pair of hands/eyes... 1. (is the cable snapped?). get someone to pull the lever and you have a look see if the bonnet catch latch is moving. not the handle you pull under the bonet by the badge....but the actual latching mechanism is moving? 2. if the cable and latch appears to be functional.....give the bonnet a wiggly pull while someone is holding the cabin lever open ________________________________________ the world is changed by people in sheds |
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Posted 12th Feb 2026 at 14:17
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