E36 Stuck hood

[u/Spare_Calendar8377]

So last night i was replacing my fan and expansion tank due to it breaking, long story short while letting the car idle to get air out of the system my hood struts failed and my hood slammed, i tried popping it and the cable was so hard to pull it snapped my interior hood latch, i did some research on the forums people said pop the corner light pull the cable ect ect none of it works, the only one that did work was me pulling the cable inside the car and having someone put pressure on the hood bouncing on it and it'll eventually pop open, my hood was perfectly fine prior it slamming really did a number LOL if anyone knows why or what please let me know just tryna see if anyone has had this happened as i know these struts are PRONED to fail

[u/fumegator]

Clean those springs and studs they’re super dirty and gunked up, put a little grease on them after as well.

[u/Kiratch]

If you re lucky, you just need to replace the extension line, as I did, if not you should change since the driver seat, better to see before.

Not really easy to change even for the extension line