Greg, I have replaced all the motor mounts with the help of a friend. Only the tranny mount was difficult and we had to heat up the bolts before they would let go. If the mount is bad you can see the engine lift and then drop back down if you rev the engine. You can also carefully hold down the brake and accelerate a little in reverse - the engine should lift too much in the front if the front mount is bad. It's very hard to tell visually if mounts are bad.
I replaced my front with a VW Motorsports mount which I later replaced with a stock thinking it was bad - it turned out to be my rear mount that was bad. I replaced the rear hydraulic mount with a solid mount with poly inserts. Boy do I regret doing that. The car shakes inside like crazy now. It's insane. Larry 91 GTI 16V -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Greg Bensinger Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 1:24 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [a2-16v-list] bad engine mount? Hey all, 91 Jetta GLI Mechanic says I have a bad front engine mount? How best to know? Is this something to tackle in the home garage? What is the precedure? Do most people just replace with stock? Or something aftermarket? I will likely only be replacing the front. Thanks, Greg
