can't get engine lid to open - '88 80Q

[Robert Myers]

More than likely the little clip on the end of the cable has come 
loose and perhaps fallen off.

It is possible (quite difficult but possible) to reach up from 
underneath the car to operate the latch mechanism by hand.  More 
likely than not there will be a concomitant shedding of sacrificial 
blood to the Audi gods.  It took me only about two hours of effort 
mostly spent seeking a route for my arm to reach up through the quite 
tight engine compartment.  Suggestion - your bare arm and hand will 
probably be the best tool to use.

Others will tell you that it's possible to poke a screwdriver in from 
the front of the car to operate the lever.  Not IME.

At 04:10 PM 1/7/2006, Tessie McMillan wrote:
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>Lately the hood release mechanism has been requiring more and more force
>to release the engine lid. Now it seems there's nothing doing when I pull
>on it. I am able to release only the driver's right side of the engine
>lid.
>
>Page 55.5 of my Bentley shows (sort of) how the cable actuates the release
>under the hood, but to me it seems to leave a lot to the imagination.
>
>I tried accessing the release through the front grille, but still can only
>get the driver's right side to release by sliding the center hook (the
>one you'd normally slide with your hand) to the right. I can only move it
>a certain distance, as the lid is stuck tight on the right side, just to
>the right of center.
>
>Can anyone provide any information on what else I could try? I don't
>understand the two items magnified as "guide sleeves" to the left and
>right of the center hook (which, BTW is not pictured in my Bentley).
>
>I am afraid of breaking the release that is located inside the car,
>although I can pull it quite a bit and I don't feel that snappy tension it
>formerly had. Does this mean the cable is broken or merely loose?
>
>Hoping someone knows the mechanism a little better...
>
>Tess
>in Bellevue, WA USA
>
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Bob
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