Re: Motor mounts and inserts

["Ewan Hopkins" <ewanhopkins@hotmail.com>]

Poly mounts are significantly harsher than the standard - it's the price you 
pay for more secure mounting.  New front & side stock mounts with a diesel 
rear mount is supposed to be a good combination, although I haven't tried it 
myself.  My exhaust keeps pulling apart at the center section joint so I 
think I'll be doing the engine mounts soon!

HTH,

Ewan Hopkins
'85 2.0 Storm


>From: Jeffrey Lowe <scirocco16v_1986@yahoo.com>
>To: scirocco-L@scirocco.org
>Subject: Motor mounts and inserts
>Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 22:15:47 -0800 (PST)
>
>My engine, dash, door panels, steering wheel, etc.
>were vibrating like nuts at idle when I bought my car
>in December. So I decided to replace all the motor
>mounts, and put polyurethane inserts in for good
>measure. When I got the old motor mounts off, the rear
>looked pretty good still, the front snubber was
>cracked in two, the transmission mount was a bit worn,
>and the passenger side was completely screwed(the
>offset hole was on the opposite side it should be on
>and look melted). After several hours with a press and
>banging the inserts into place I was ready to put the
>mounts back on. All where pretty easy except for the
>damn passenger side, aligning the hole seemed to be
>the biggest pain in the ass.
>
>After everything was back together and I started her
>up I was shocked that there was almost no difference
>in the vibration(maybe a 15% improvement). Two
>mechanics that have seen my engine say they think the
>polyurethane inserts are the source of my problem
>because they are too firm.
>
>What do you think? Should I take those friggen inserts
>out, or is there some other common problem with engine
>idle vibration? My timing is OK, my belts are OK,
>compression #1=180, #2=165, #3=175, #4=180.
>
>Jeff...
>
>
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