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Broken motor mount safety catch. . .any idea on how to rig this? 200 1987

posted by  someone claiming to be bosozoku on  Tue Mar 2 14:19 CST 2004 [RELATED]

> Why not just fix the oil leak?
.
It's probably not so much a matter of oil leaks as it is of oil
getting all over the place when the filter is removed during an
oil change. Annoying design - the filter should either be
vertical or mounted in a canister on top of the engine like the
ones in newer VWs.
.
Some suggestions which I'm not sure will actually work:
(a) use poly. front engine mounts if they are available and live
with the extra harshness
(b) get a length of steel pipe with an ID slightly just larger than
the rubber cylinder. Make it slightly shorter than the cylinder.
When installing the new mount, put two steel plates in - one on
top, one on the bottom. The engine will be prevented from dropping
by the length of pipe. A few drops of epoxy should hold the pipe
in place on the rubber when things are working normally and prevent
it from touching the plates and generating obnoxious noises. The
problem with this idea is that the pipe length will mostly hide the
mount, so it will be difficult to ascertain its condition.
.
-b.






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