General bonnet wont close!

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General bonnet wont close!

M1ntY

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Hi,
I have a 1.2 8v punto(2000),
after looking under the bonnet the other week i found that the bonnet wont close properly, the latch to open it under the steering wheel is still fully extended out and the bonnet wont click into the catch .
Ive tried cleaning out the gunk in the catch underneath the bonnet and using wd40 on it but its still the same!
Any ideas?


thx
 
It's spanners out fix for this one....

My bonnet did this to me at 4am on the M4 Reading services once ! :bang: several bangs and curses and it clicked....

The answer is to remove the bonnet catch from the car and release the cable that connects to it... it's crap and corrosion in the cable that causes the problem.....

I just held it up and filled it up with WD40 to free it and then pulled the cable in and out a few times to remove the gunk.

Be very careful when reassembeling though...

Set the catch with a screwdriver and check that it releases from withen the cabin before you drop the bonnet.... it you don't have it right, then when you pull the release lever, it won't release and the bonnet will then stay shut forever !! (y)
 
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