Front latch...

[tolum]

Hi, 2003, 2.7 Boxster.

I own my Boxster since 2008. Since then, when trigging the hood openning knob, the hood only rise by 1/4 of an inch. Is that normal? I was thinking that it would rise higher. I did unbolt the lower latch, unsnap alarm/light module and look to the riser spring. It looks to be in place. In the open state, the spring is a little loose but when I put the latch in the close state, the spring is under tension. When releasing it, it rise violently. There are white litium grease in it and no rust. Playing with the rubber height adjustement on both side of the hood doesn't help.

Before spending $155.00 on a new lower latch, I would like to know if it is probably the problem? Also, any body can confirm how high the hood should rise before releasing it manually with the red manual latch and open it all the way?

Thanks you all and have great and safe holliday weekend Canada & USA.

Thierry

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[Loren]

Adjusting the Hood Latch Mechanism

[tolum]

Thanks Loren but my latch looks like the last picture. One spring end is in a hole, the other on the latch BUT the spring is not under tension when latch is at open state. Normal?