I pop the hood latch in the cabin and the hood pops up, slightly... the black lever comes out and I pull on it and the hood won't unlatch. I'm afraid of taking any tools to it in fear of breaking off the handle... beautiful design, by the way... NOT!!! Is there another way to pop the hood? I don't want to drive the car any further, because the reason I have to pop the hood is because my oil light came on yesterday... Suggestions?!?!

thanks