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Anyone had the rear engine mount done HDi ?
Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 2:44 pm
by Welly
My engine mount is knackered, its the rear one at the bottom.
Just wondered if anyone's replaced there's and how much?
I hope it's just the rubber bush and bracket back to the bulkhead and not the whole unit where the drive shaft passes through and everything
Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 5:52 pm
by Welly
supafrisk wrote:Does your gearstick move when you accelerate and decelerate cos that was the reason I had mine done
It's the engine moving more than anything, I bet almost all HDi's have the same problem but you need to get under it and take the tray off.
The 3 places where the rubber mount connects to the rest of the bush have sheared right through so effectively the rubber connection is now in 2 bits so the rubber can no longer absorb the forwards and backwards movement of the engine. I can easily push the sump forwards and back and see the rubber separate as I do so.
If you get your engine running, then blip the throttle you can see the engine rock backwards on its mounts, it should not do this, not by much anyway, I am convinced it affects the way the thing drives as the power won't connect to the drive line effectively if the engine is 'loose'.