That little shock absorver is a hop-kit. Its explained in Jan's website http://www-pal.usc.edu/~jan/vw/Engine/HopKits
I retrofited one in my 2.0 (not equiped from the factory) and you have to move some stuff around to do it. In any case if your engine shakes a lot you probably have a broken motor mount (both hydraulic and rubber do go bad) I would check the front and the passenger side motor mount and replace if they are bad before you retrofit the hop-kit
Inaki ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Steven Arguello" <[email protected]> To: "A2-16v2" <[email protected]> Subject: little shock absorber on engine Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 19:39:12 -0400 Does it actually do anything? My 2.0 didn't have it when I bought it. Should I install it? The engine shakes a lot when it idles and it shifts pretty hard but I'm pretty sure I don't have the hydraulic (front) mount. Also can the rubber engine mount go bad? TIA Steve _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
