# EF Honda owners, help a brother out!
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ef-honda-owners-help-a-brother-out/27012
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [April 3, 2007, 9:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ef-honda-owners-help-a-brother-out/27012 "2007-04-03T09:18:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@9ONA3OOZX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/9ONA3OOZX)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2007, 9:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ef-honda-owners-help-a-brother-out/27012/1 "2007-04-03T09:18:32Z")
So as we all know, my Honda goes through oil at a constant rate…and if you didn’t know that, now you do.
No biggie though, that’s what i expected for a triple digit priced car…
Well, it’s about that time of the week again…that time where i have to add more oil…so i go to open the hood, and the latch won’t do anything…i give it a good hard tug, and the platic latch itself breaks. I laugh out loud…and then go find a pair of pliers (sp?) and grab hold of the hood latch cable that’s not exposed and easy to get grasp on…
give it a few gentle tugs, and nothing still…i’m confused…
give it one more decent tug, and it comes at me an inch or two… i get the typical confused wtf look on my face…and give it one last tug, and now it comes right though a good 5 inches lol…
conclusion i made is that the cable broke loose somewhere between where i had it, and where it opens the hood…i think that’s a safe assumption to make…
My hatch is starving for oil now…how do i get the hood open? The hood isn’t like bent up or anything, which is unfortunate…because if it was, i wouldn’t mind bending it more to get to the latch in the front…
Any and all suggestions are much appreciated!
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### Author:  [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2007, 9:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ef-honda-owners-help-a-brother-out/27012/2 "2007-04-03T09:21:13Z")
Uh huh
Honda with a broken hood latch
:snky: :snky:
Likely story
You can’t get to whats left of the cable from under the car?
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### Author:  [@91CRXSI](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/91CRXSI)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2007, 9:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ef-honda-owners-help-a-brother-out/27012/3 "2007-04-03T09:25:18Z")
if you didnt break the cable its an easy fix… ask any REAL honda owner.
It’s a 2 man opperation
person 1 holds the cable back while person 2 taps on the hood till she pops open.
BUT with the cable broken you’re going to have to try n find a spot u can get at the cable ( inner fender wall )
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### Author:  [@9ONA3OOZX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/9ONA3OOZX)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2007, 9:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ef-honda-owners-help-a-brother-out/27012/4 "2007-04-03T09:25:29Z")
haven’t looked…didnt think or know the cable ran under the car…i always thought they just came through the firewall from the engine bay or something…
i’ll check it out tonight…