Engine Mount Replacement??

[aznlonewolf135]

I get a stutter/vibration from the engine/transmission when I:
Slow down
In neutral
Turning

This is semi violent and sometimes intermittent...

[applecrisp]

This might not be the mounts.. Check the intake boot for cracks.. thats what happened to me. Basically every time the engine was put under load the crack would open causing stuttering..

[tbake504]

That doesn't sound like the mounts to me, I just replaced both my mounts and one was completely in half the other was damn close and mine wasn't doing that.

But who knows it could be, Check your trans mounts. How many miles does it have?

[xxxJohnBoyxxx]

Check Guibo joint on end of transmission

[aznlonewolf135]

It was the engine mounts...just changed them out last night.

They were both sheered in half now that the new ones are in it feels like a beemer again...

[gabe3]

Originally Posted by aznlonewolf135

It was the engine mounts...just changed them out last night.

They were both sheered in half now that the new ones are in it feels like a beemer again...

My passenger side mount is sheared in half, and I know everyone says they should both be replaced at once, but for time and money reasons, I'd like to only replace passenger side.

I've seen that this is the easy side in a couple of tutorials, but the bracket has shifted down and in about one inch from proper position. When I jack up the motor, will it likely line back up?

Thanks, folks.

[tbake504]

Originally Posted by gabe3

My passenger side mount is sheared in half, and I know everyone says they should both be replaced at once, but for time and money reasons, I'd like to only replace passenger side.

I've seen that this is the easy side in a couple of tutorials, but the bracket has shifted down and in about one inch from proper position. When I jack up the motor, will it likely line back up?

Thanks, folks.

I don't think that that bracket should be doing any shifting...when I changed mine mine was still in the same place, and I'm pretty sure that it is directly bolted to the frame and then rubber mounts btw that bracket and the bracket on the motor. Something could have come lose so you might want to look at it. I don't think it will just slide back in place unless we're talking about 2 dif brackets.

[gabe3]

Thanks for the reply, tbake504 (I'm a New Orleans native myself. I grew up in Lakeview).

To clarify, the frameside metal part and most of the rubber part are still in place, on the frame. The rubber seems to have rotted and split, allowing the motor side and its metal to slide about an inch off the center of the rubber part. The arm coming from the motor is still resting on the rubber, but just barely on the inner edge. I'm hoping that when I jack up the engine, it will also move a bit more toward the passenger side allowing for easy placement of the new mount. Otherwise, I may be looking at a bent frame?

[tbake504]

Thats awesome man, I'm actualy in Baton Rouge now for school but it's a good place.

But for the car, I don't think the frame is bent. That would be hard for that to happen just b/c of the engine mount being broke(but who knows weird things can happen). I think you might bent the arm that comes off the motor and mounts to the mount. B/c when an engine mount is broke, upon acceleration the whole engine will twist and when you let off it will twist the other way bang into the other side of the mount and could cause it to bend. I know you're a little short on money but I would def recommend replacing both of them b/c the longer it is driven with one broken mount the more and more it messes the other one up and although the other one may look fine, if one side is sheared and bent chances are the other side is messed up.

[BMW_Hatchback]

same symptoms here, especially when I turn right. I feel a huge knock right at my feet when I take my foot the gas.

[Greg C]

Anyone try these mounts? My daughter is a poor college student, and trying to help her save some money. She has a 97 318ti. http://www.pelicanparts.com/catalog/..._pg2.htm#item6

[BMW_Hatchback]

Those look adequate, as most parts from Pelican are

[MINIz guy]

I just put FEBI motor mounts on my car. The mounts looked exactly like my OEM ones and didn't have any manufacturing defects. FEBI is partners/owned/owns Bilstein in some form so their parts shouldn't be that bad quality.

[Greg C]

Thanks guys. Appreciate the help. I know what I'm doing this weekend. It will be a nice Father-daughter project along with an oil change and swap the trannny mounts as well.