Broken engine mounts....

[WerkdE30]

Hey im bored so i thaught id tell you guys what i found today. Well i had a strange noise on start up for a few days and a vibration through the body on right turns. so i had a look under the bonnet after work and both of my engine mounts are completely broken off to the point where my fan now rest on the shroud. has this happened to anyone else? i couldnt beleive it. anyway itll be back on the road tommorow. i also made my own rear muffler set up its disturbingly loud ill chuck sum pics up n maybe a vid clip if anybody is interested.

[e30_Turbo]

Hey im bored so i thaught id tell you guys what i found today. Well i had a strange noise on start up for a few days and a vibration through the body on right turns. so i had a look under the bonnet after work and both of my engine mounts are completely broken off to the point where my fan now rest on the shroud. has this happened to anyone else? i couldnt beleive it. anyway itll be back on the road tommorow. i also made my own rear muffler set up its disturbingly loud ill chuck sum pics up n maybe a vid clip if anybody is interested.

Yes, giving it large against a porker of a roundabout and heard a bang followed by a small dent appearing in the bonnet. Fan ate shroud too easy fix and not too expensive either, quite common on older mounts tho.

HTH, Mark.

[WerkdE30]

hmm mine went much more subtly than that. honestly that woulda scared the shit outta me. my fix looks to be fair bit cheaper too as the fan and shroud are fine.


your turbo set up looks sweet as ... im extremely jelous...

[GBE30]

Something similar happened to me in my old 325i a year or so ago,

Firstly the I noticed circular indent on the radiator fins from the fan. Crop circles for cars maybe.......

Turned out that upon heavy braking the whole lot was shifting forward so that the fan was hitting the radiator. Found this when i developed a leak!

So changing the rad and engine mounts, luckily got a rad froma pal for £20, so there was i thinking everything was sorted...........

My ex's stepdad is driving my 325i past Fontwell race course slowing heavily at a roundabout and bang shears an engine mount completely and ruins the rad!

I got the blame from his youngest daughter for ruining there Hol/Weekend!!!!!!

So I then got new mounts and cups which should apparently be fitted to the newer style engine mounts as they changed the design (I think for the E36). Plus 2 Gearbox mounts for good measure! Oh and a new Rad!

I had to use a block and scissor jack against the old rad to push the lump etc back to its correct position whilst securing g/box and engine mounts!

I also got some strips of plastic and covered the inner edges if the rad where the fan blade was likely to contact the fins, Not to bigger strips as it would have reduced air flow and cooling capacity of the rad!

Problem solved!

Wallet empty.

Gareth
Holiday ruiner!

[Adammcf]

Check the sump isnt damaged incase it landed on the subframe.

[dobbie82]

Yup this happened to hubby's 87 318i, think he had been doing too many donuts etc he's an "enthusiastic" driver

wasnt cheap to get done at a garage though!!

[e30_Turbo]

your turbo set up looks sweet as ... im extremely jelous...

Thankyou kind sir