OT:huge sudden vibration(broken motor mount?)

[ryanruggles at uniserve.com (Ryan Ruggles)]

Thanks for all of the information guys.  The reason the car was vibrating so
much is because the motor had slipped back so far that the throtle body
(redline) idle bolt was sitting on the coil and it was vibrating the shite
out of the car.  It almost punctured the coil!!  Anyways, when I jacked the
car up, I saw that the rear mount had split clean across and had slid down
about 2-3 inches.

SOOOOOOOOO......  I jacked up the motor and tranny and it slid right back
on.  The motor is sitting higher than it ever has before so I am thinking
this has been partiallly broken since I owned the car.  Then I wrapped about
7 heavy-duy tie-straps to synch the mount into place. Heh heh...  Pretty
cheap ass I know but it only has to hold for two days. I figure I should
just do all of the mounts and get rid of all of the vibrations I've had to
deal with since I've owned it.

Thanks again

Ryan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Allyn" <amalventano@sc.rr.com>
To: "Ryan Ruggles" <ryanruggles@uniserve.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 5:30 PM
Subject: Re: OT:huge sudden vibration(broken motor mount?)


> im guessing your passenger side mount just bit it. the vibration should
peak
> at ~3k rpm, and make the rear view mirror vibrate like hell. the reason i
> say passenger side is because the front/rear wouldnt cause vibration
reving
> in neutral, and the driver side mount doesnt have enough weight on it to
> cause the huge vibration you describe.
> hth
> Al
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ryan Ruggles" <ryanruggles@uniserve.com>
> To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 1:20 PM
> Subject: OT:huge sudden vibration(broken motor mount?)
>
>
> > My girlfriend was driving my rabbit GTI and she heard a cluck and then
> huge
> > vibrations when the engine was revved up.  That's what she said anyways.
> So
> > I go outside to check it out and holy SHITE!!!  It seems fine when it's
> > idling but as soon as you touch the gas peddle and rev the engine, the
> whole
> > car vibrates and it's SUPER loud.  I popped the hood to listen to the
> engine
> > itself and it sounds normal. It was dark and I couldn't really see
> anything.
> > I am thinking fubar'd motor mount.  Anyone have any other ideas.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Ryan
> >
> >
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