in severe cases (as was with my late '89 gli) you can push hard on the intake manifold in the direction of the dashboard and actually see the engine roll in that direction. dead giveaway.
I prefer stock mounts as I dont drag or drive my 91 gli hard at all and prefer it not to feel the vibrations as much. unless you got some hard driving in mind, stock hydro mount holds up pretty well in most cases. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Velez" <[email protected]> To: "Greg Bensinger" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 10:33 PM Subject: RE: [a2-16v-list] bad engine mount? > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above.
