Rob Keeble
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Yeah i know we woodworkers but sometimes one has to get some grease on your hands.
Yesterday got my sons handed down from other son car and pushed it into the garage to get to work on it.
Older son had this car taken away from him by me cause he dont know how to look after anything so now he walks or catches bus.
So first up was inspection and one of the things i found was an engine mounting that was wrecked. I never heard of this before but the rubber in the mounting was mashed out. There are several other mountings so the motor is still in place but this had me wondering what cause it.
Can anyone shed a light on why an engine mounting rubber would get wrecked.
I think this might be a hangover from the wrecking of the previous engine by the older son. (that is a story i would rather not go into it gets my blood boiling). Suffice to say the engine was replaced by a second hand unit at the mechanics shop. I did not get into inspecting it all at the time for various reasons but now i am concerned about what caused this one to fail.
Its not a solid type its kinda webbed where the others are mostly solid or if webbed very little space through them. Here is a picture of the correct unit the one on the car has no rubber webs anymore.
This is a 97 Honda Civic. I dont believe the mount has failed due to rubber aging and perrishing. My thoughts are some form of abuse has taken place.
Can anyone throw any light on this for me. I am starting to think of hauling the whole engine out and giving it a complete going over. Younger son definitely needs the experience, i just dont have the time or patience to teach this generation. If they think X box is more important then let them pay is my mantra. They better be planning on getting good paying jobs or they gonna be walking a lot from what i see.
Yesterday got my sons handed down from other son car and pushed it into the garage to get to work on it.
Older son had this car taken away from him by me cause he dont know how to look after anything so now he walks or catches bus.
So first up was inspection and one of the things i found was an engine mounting that was wrecked. I never heard of this before but the rubber in the mounting was mashed out. There are several other mountings so the motor is still in place but this had me wondering what cause it.
Can anyone shed a light on why an engine mounting rubber would get wrecked.
I think this might be a hangover from the wrecking of the previous engine by the older son. (that is a story i would rather not go into it gets my blood boiling). Suffice to say the engine was replaced by a second hand unit at the mechanics shop. I did not get into inspecting it all at the time for various reasons but now i am concerned about what caused this one to fail.
Its not a solid type its kinda webbed where the others are mostly solid or if webbed very little space through them. Here is a picture of the correct unit the one on the car has no rubber webs anymore.
This is a 97 Honda Civic. I dont believe the mount has failed due to rubber aging and perrishing. My thoughts are some form of abuse has taken place.
Can anyone throw any light on this for me. I am starting to think of hauling the whole engine out and giving it a complete going over. Younger son definitely needs the experience, i just dont have the time or patience to teach this generation. If they think X box is more important then let them pay is my mantra. They better be planning on getting good paying jobs or they gonna be walking a lot from what i see.