Help getting into bonnet of a Xantia...

[GiveMeABreak]

I thought as much; these V6 jobbies have a lot more crammed in, but just a thought.

[white exec]

Don't know whether this pic is at all helpful, or even applies to your model...

It's from this post by Clogzz in 2009:
viewtopic.php?p=186998#p186998

If front bumper removal is possible (with bonnet shut), that does look like the complete way in.

[wurlycorner]

I'll be having another play tonight on one of my other Xantia's, to see if there's something I can fashion the will get in via the indicator and across to the splice between the two halves of the release cable. You can't see through from the outside at all, with the bonnet closed, so need to try/practise on a car where I can see and then hopefully re-trace blind on the other car!

I also never updated this thread with my success story unfortunately - went looking for this thread, after reading someone else needing to get under the bonnet of their Xantia today.

I don’t have any pics unfortunately, but what I described above, is exactly what I did and it was fiddly, took some patience, but worked with no damage done! I think I used a wire coat hanger (or similar stiff but slightly slimmer wire).

[thorter]

Long shot suggestion. I have found Facom Dégrippant-Lubrifiant very effective and quick, and it is foaming when sprayed out of the aerosol tube. So if you can get a can, it may be possible to you work out an access point to saturate the latch area.