How'd you check the other mounts? Did you actually take them out and look at them? I'd bet money that the other two mounts are broken.
A front motor mount will last far longer than two months unless the other mounts are broken and it's taking all the stress of keeping the motor in place... -josh --- [email protected] wrote: > On a Passat the alternator is in front of the motor > and up close to the hood. > The alt. arm hits the hood resulting in a nasty > dent and a 1" bow. The > force of impact is enough to move the alt. and cause > the belt to fall off. > The distributor cap is making contact with the brake > fluid reservoir. > > I didn't check the other mounts, but have before and > they were OK. > > I do have an exhaust rattle in the middle of the > system but dismissed it as a > loose heat shield. The previous owner replaced the > muffler and rear > hanger(s) but didn't know the front motor mount was > broken. > > The mount was bad when I bought the car but I didn't > have any big problems > with engine movement. I just replaced it and ... > In the Bentley manual they said something about > aligning the mounts but my > friends thought this wasn't necessary. I will next > time. > > I got all the parts (- the mount) but got rained out > today. They will > warranty the mount but won't give me cash (exchange > only). > > Jimi Polivka > '91 Passat GL > > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above. ===== Josh Wyte Momentum Motorsports 508-833-3024 After 5 pm EST __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/
