coolcat
12th October 2007, 20:47
:mad:Hi went out in the car the other day and had to drive through a flooded road that the fire brigade were busy pumping.
Anyhow came home an hour or so later and the engine appeared a bit lumpy mainly at slow speeds/low revs.
Yesterday I had to take a long drive up north and car didn't start first time(it always does) started at third time of asking and tickover was uneven .
Put it down to damp and off I went. Along the motorway everthing seemed normal but again at lower speeds the car was reluctant and then surging then seems to go o.k. Kept doing this for the 200 miles it took.
Today on the return run back home car started fine so I thought all o.k and off I went
About half an hour down the road the same thing started happening but obviously I had to get back home.
Twice on route home at some lights on the uneven idle the car stalled and more smoke than normal appeared out the back just before it stalled.
Both times car started o.k and no more smoke when running .
Anyhow got home today and thought I would take a look under the bonnet pulled the lever and it felt slack and the bonnet wouldn't open.
Lots of attempts at releasing have failed so I'm now stuck with what to do next.
Any help on how to release the bonnet and what to look for when under there would be much appreciated.
My car is an Mg Zt cdti manual 2004 with 36,000 miles on the clock.
I have a rover ron tu3 (not sure what setting it's on, cant get to it!)
and have a poweflow stainless exuast with cat removed(thinking of buying a new cat and reinstating it as the smell out the back is horrid with the windows open (any thoughts on that would be great to)
Many thanks..
Anyhow came home an hour or so later and the engine appeared a bit lumpy mainly at slow speeds/low revs.
Yesterday I had to take a long drive up north and car didn't start first time(it always does) started at third time of asking and tickover was uneven .
Put it down to damp and off I went. Along the motorway everthing seemed normal but again at lower speeds the car was reluctant and then surging then seems to go o.k. Kept doing this for the 200 miles it took.
Today on the return run back home car started fine so I thought all o.k and off I went
About half an hour down the road the same thing started happening but obviously I had to get back home.
Twice on route home at some lights on the uneven idle the car stalled and more smoke than normal appeared out the back just before it stalled.
Both times car started o.k and no more smoke when running .
Anyhow got home today and thought I would take a look under the bonnet pulled the lever and it felt slack and the bonnet wouldn't open.
Lots of attempts at releasing have failed so I'm now stuck with what to do next.
Any help on how to release the bonnet and what to look for when under there would be much appreciated.
My car is an Mg Zt cdti manual 2004 with 36,000 miles on the clock.
I have a rover ron tu3 (not sure what setting it's on, cant get to it!)
and have a poweflow stainless exuast with cat removed(thinking of buying a new cat and reinstating it as the smell out the back is horrid with the windows open (any thoughts on that would be great to)
Many thanks..