Re: Scirocco 16v

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Brad Sheridan wrote:
> 
> >>Do many 16v Scirocco's vibrate a lot when they are idling?
> >
> >Well mine sure does.  From what I've gathered from other list members,
> >the usual culprit is the passenger side (and occasionally the rear)
> >motor
> >mounts going bad.  I plan to have mine replaced as soon as I can afford
> >it.  Otherwise I fear my car may shake itself to pieces!
> 
> Do the mount, and while you're there, do the timing belt too. I will do(and
> have done) any motor mount myself, except the passenger side one. Its a
> real pain. So I had VW Specialties do it, and they changed the timing belt
> at no extra cost for labor. The passenger motor mount fixes this problem
> 90+% of the time. A few other common noise makers at idle are the high
> mounted brake light housing, underdash tray, and the Jetronic box under the
> hood in the rain tray. Fixing all these made my car pretty quiet.
> 
> Later,
> Brad
> 
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Hi guys, I just subscribed to the list a few days ago and though I would
give this one a shot.  I just did this job on my 87 16v.  A real
easy way to go about it, is to buy the carrier bracket and the Heavy
duty mount (my original carrier bracket was bent anyway).  Get em
pressed together and viola, none of the trouble getting the old mount 
out of the bracket.  I have heard you also have to take the timing
belt tensioner off,  I managed to get the new mount in without doing
this.
I am doing a write up on this because the FAQ's cover 8v engines only.
I should have it done soon and will put it up on my page.  The whole
job took me about 3 hours.

Later
Etrik
http://activated.virtualscope.com/etrik
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