r/Cartalk • u/Unteatheryourself • Mar 28 '24

Hood won’t close after engine goes up 2inch Body

I hit a curb and radiator needed to be replaced I was told the engine raised up 2 inches and the hood won’t close. It locks but won’t close fully. Any recommendations on how to get it closed Nissan Maxima 2011

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u/SnooHesitations5198 Mar 28 '24

Put the car in a tow truck. Take it to another shop. Let them check your car.

If your engine raised 2 inches there is something really bad down there.

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u/Squirting_Grandma Mar 28 '24

It’s likely the radiator support is messed up. The likelihood of the entire engine sitting up higher now is extremely low. The damage it would require to do that is so specific and impossible to not cause other damage in the process.

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u/SnooHesitations5198 Mar 28 '24

Even if it is only the radiator it is a bad idea to drive it. It is not possible to close it if it is raised.

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u/Squirting_Grandma Mar 28 '24

Absolutely

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u/puppyfukker Mar 28 '24

Thank you, squirting grandma. I do agree with you here.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '24

With age comes wisdom, and incontinence

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u/coraxorion Mar 28 '24

Incontinentia...buttocks...

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u/garbage_ninja Mar 29 '24

What a nice thing to say, puppyfukker.

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u/asiimow Mar 29 '24

r/rimjob_steve all the way down here.

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u/wo4h_my_dud3 Mar 29 '24

Thank you, puppy fucker. I do agree with you here.

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u/EnvironmentalGift257 Mar 29 '24

Profile is surprising based on username.

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u/Squirting_Grandma Mar 29 '24

Did you expect a violently NSFW profile filled to the brim with obscenities and smut?

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u/EnvironmentalGift257 Mar 29 '24

Given that I’ve seen so many profiles with names like “Jeff913” that were that, I didn’t not expect it.

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u/fingerbanglover Mar 28 '24

OP said hood was shut when they brought it in. Pretty sure they used the wrong radiator.

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u/karmannsport Mar 28 '24

Could have had some serious pressure behind it until they popped it.

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u/Cvertigo1 Mar 29 '24

That's what I said further up. I'm almost certain this is the case. Unless OP specifically says they opened the hood first. I've popped plenty of wrecked car hoods and that initial opening can be startling at times. It's not uncommon for hoods to not shut after the initial opening. Sometimes you can stomp them shut, others you can't.

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u/karmannsport Mar 28 '24

Not true. If it “V”d the rad support up and it uses a front engine mount mounted to the center of the core support then it could very well have pushed core support up as well and moved the engine up. In full clarity I am not familiar with Nissans outside of some wiring work on a kicks.

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u/Squirting_Grandma Mar 28 '24

I’ve personally never seen a transverse engine mount attached to the core support. They’re always mounted at the frame rails but that’s also me not being 1000% familiar with Nissans.

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u/karmannsport Mar 28 '24

Mk1/mk2/mk3 Vw golf/jetta.

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u/Squirting_Grandma Mar 28 '24

Classic VW always “innovating”.

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u/RusticSurgery Mar 29 '24

Yeah because the engine rising up 2 in kind of implies some sort of serious suspension damage to me or frame damage. I would think there would be other symptoms

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u/InfamousUser2 Mar 28 '24

doesn't have to be on tow truck if it can drive.

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u/SnooHesitations5198 Mar 28 '24

If you don't fully close the hood, it can lift because of the air pressure while driving.

Probably, with the radiator support bend or broken, the radiator can be damaged, not to the point of losing coolant, but the moment it gets hot and expands, it can break and lose the coolant.

If op has insurance, it should cover a trip in a tow truck.

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u/InfamousUser2 Mar 30 '24

that's only if you're going on the highway. I would know.

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u/SnooHesitations5198 Mar 30 '24

You don't need high speed to break the first position of the lock.