Motor mounts
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Motor mounts
I have a 2004 4 door v6 accord with about 165k miles. My engine makes a clack when I start going forward or reverse and I give it some gas, so I know the motor mounts are on the way out. 1. Besides increased vibration is it a big deal to change the motor mounts? If it'll just make a clack noise and vibrate more but not hurt the car otherwise I'd rather just leave the motor mounts alone. 2. If I really should change them out, about how long of a job is it to do?
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I don't know much about how big a job it is on the V-6.
Since it's allowing the engine to move around more than it should, that in turn could lead to problems like exhaust leaks because the flex-piece is flexing more than its designed for. Or anything else that might be affected by the engine moving around more than it should.
If it's just a "clack" you'll have to see whether that's the axles (CV joints) making the noise...
Since it's allowing the engine to move around more than it should, that in turn could lead to problems like exhaust leaks because the flex-piece is flexing more than its designed for. Or anything else that might be affected by the engine moving around more than it should.
If it's just a "clack" you'll have to see whether that's the axles (CV joints) making the noise...
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I cannot tell you exactly if you do just the motor mounts; I did my clutch (which required the engine to be supported from above and then the sub-frame to be dropped) at the same time as the mounts, and that makes the job easier. I'm guessing it took roughly a half hour per mount on average (the manual transmissions have six mounts, I suspect your car is an automatic and has five mounts), if you don't drop the sub-frame, I have heard it can take over an hour per mount.
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