[s-cars] Motor mounts revisited - another question
chris chambers
fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com
Mon Mar 6 21:01:53 EST 2006
The Drone/vibration is dependant on RPM, and happens even if I am in
neutral or press down on the clutch.
The propeller shaft was completely cleaned and regreased during
the transmission replacement.
Thanks
Chris
PS How difficult are these motor mounts to replace?
--- Vincent Frégeac <vfregeac at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> AFAIK, the symptoms doesn't look like an engine mount "failure" but,
> with
> this mileage, they're probably due for a replacement. As you changed
> the
> tranny I would rather look at the CV joints on the propeller shaft
> and the
> adjustement of the shaft itself:
> - Can it moves back and forth, at least half an inch?
> - Is it straight?
> If the vibration is related to the car speed and acceleration, it's
> probably
> the propeller shaft. If it's related to the engine rpm, whatever the
> gear
> you're in, look somewhere else.
>
>
> Vincent.
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com] De la part de chris chambers
> Envoyé : 6 mars 2006 16:36
> À : Scar
> Objet : [s-cars] Motor mounts revisited - another question
>
> So I originally asked how you could tell if your motor mounts were
> bad
> because I'm wondering if mine are.
>
> Reason is this, I had my trans swapped out for the EDU 6-speed (love
> it)
> and now I'm hearing a droning noise ~4k rpm and feeling a vibration
> in the
> floor, acc pedal, etc.
>
> Tech can't find anything loose, rubbing and commented that it felt
> the same
> as a Porsche 928(I think) when the motor mount failed.
>
> Anybody know anything about that, hate to buy and swap out motor
> mounts if
> that isn't the problem. But with 248,000 miles on the car it's
> probably not
> a bad idea anyway.
>
>
> Chris
> continually shopping for baby stuff!
>
>
>
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>
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