Yes, they move about 2-3" rearward normally..... Hasnt anyone here made a torque-rod for their cars? All you have to do is mount a rod on spherical ends from somewhere on the engine, back to the firewall or up to the front, that way the front-back rocking is minimized, but the engine cal still float around to absorb and dampen vibration.... Hrm, maybe I need to devise a kit here.. Ratlow, lets start fabbing one off your car, K?
Jay ----- Original Message ----- From: olivier cabanes To: Denis Palmans Cc: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 12:49 PM Subject: Re: More q's about motor mounts. I just reminded I had a similar issue with the gti last year. The mounts were real tight, but the engine would still rock...after I double-checked everything, I noticed that a big rod/screw that holds the starter to the block and on the front mount bracket was gone (don't ask how the starter hung on). Therefore, the front of the engine was loose as it wasn't connected to the mount as it should've been. Also, the engine in our 16v are supposed to move quite a bit with the stock mounts. It is what I believe to be a major flaw in the 16v design...if it clunks tough, you definitely have a problem. hth, Olivier Denis Palmans wrote: Ok i tried checking the mounts as some people sugested by shaking the engine around. My question is how much should the engine be able to move around? I was able to move it a little front and back, and no side to side, should there be absoulutly no movement?I still get a lound clunk, and it feels like the engine is jumping up a few times whenever i let out the clutch too quickly. Anything else i should check out? -- PAYPAL.COM An easy way to transfer funds over the internet. Accept Visa, MasterCard and much more!!! Click on the link below to learn more...it's totally free. https://www.paypal.com/refer/pal=olivier.cabanes%40hec.ca
