engine mount nut broken away from chassis

[pdu]

Hi
Anybody ever experienced problem of the engine mounting nut breaking away from chassis on a 1990 318i, photo at the following address

http://www.geocities.com/pdunne1972/IMG_1229.jpg


Thanks
Paul (Galway, Ireland)

[E30Adam]

Oooh nasty, that's gonna be costly.

I don't think it's the mount, looks more like part of the chassis.

[Jhonno]

Oooh nasty, that's gonna be costly.

I don't think it's the mount, looks more like part of the chassis.

like he says.. expensive repair from the look of it!!

[Martinaston]

Ouch

Drill through to the engine bay and fit a BIG nut and bolt

I'd say scrap it
that looks like a dodgy build. The two on the other side will have been stressed and need repairing as well, if it can be fixed thats welded from inside the chassie and if it can be done would probably require the whole subframe to be replaced

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do ... g=41&fg=10

[Ant]

seen this loads of times, get the subframe off, or @ least drop it down a few cm, then undo the bolt, witdraw the captive nut and spacer and weld them back in place

cheap and easy fix dudes, no need for bodgin, agreed get the otheres checked- welded again @ same time though

[Jos]

Yup, same thing on my old chassis from rust, I cut the section out and re welded it. (welding the captive nut in 1st of course)

Was the only one on mine that was bad, same point as yours...hmm

Not a dodgy build, just a design fault, look down beside your engine at that point you will see holes in the upper side, and in those holes: loads of damp wet crap that can't get out... no real way to clean it out either, clean it as best you can, wash a load of phosphoric acid down there then cavitywax the life out of it

[Jos]

lol, by coincidence I just found the dead mount bit too, funny thing to have sitting in the kitchen, but then again you lot haven't seen my kitchen..



Not an awful lot of it left is there...