Just to bring this back upto date...
Purchased some rss engine mounts
Had a spare couple of hours on Friday to fit the engine mounts
So take 1 .... lined everything up and then realised the only deep socket I don't have is an 18mm
Every set I have has 17 and 19 but no 18
So everything put away and off to 2 branch's of halfrauds who also don't have them :evil:
Finally managed to get one from a mechanic mate
So take 2...
Now I was only fitting these as a performance modification and as far as I was concerned my mounts were in an OK condition
However as soon as I took the engines weight off the mounts oil started pi55ing straight out of one of them
At 1st I thought it was from elsewhere and I'd broken something
Excuse the filthy engine bay
Air filter removed
Secondary air pump and top bolts removed
As the only 18mm deep socket I could get was a 3/8 drive I had to get all getto with my tool so move the nuts
And this is where the next problem came
Instead of the nut coming off the whole thread came out the mount :evil:
Tried everything I could think off to shift the nut but ended up snapping the threads
It now being too late to get one my engine had to stay jacked up all night
Resumed today nipped to porsche cardiff who because they didn't have change gave me the nuts for free 8)
They also had this little beauty in there
So back to work cleaned up the bay a little ready for new mounts
New mounts in
All tightened up and back together and a bit more of a spruce up
And after a quick test drive I can report everything feels a lot more tight
Nvh levels have probably raised a little but that could be because I was driving with the stereo off etc and actually trying to listen and feel for any differences
But for anyone considering upgrading definitely get all new nuts and bolts to save having the dramas I did :roll: