Bad motor mounts: did you feel this?

[eclimax13]

trying to diagnose something that has been bothering me for a long time..a shifting and clunking feeling when going over bumps...my control arms have checked out good, as well as tie rods...so i think its my motor mounts but i dont see anything leaking...so...while idling and my clutch depressed, i rev the engine a little bit and feel a clunk...motor mounts?

[Audi Skate Snow]

possibly motor mounts, also check your CV joints, and tranny mount.

[eclimax13]

possibly motor mounts, also check your CV joints, and tranny mount.

not sure cv joints would clunk while at idle...this is also a feeling, not a noise

[BOPOH]

same issue here, i thought my snub mount was causing it, but i changed to apikol and still same sound when i shift gears fast. i saw a sale for all mounts going on not too long ago, does anybody know if its still going?

[Audi Skate Snow]

not sure cv joints would clunk while at idle...this is also a feeling, not a noise

shoot didnt read that part... sorry.

[aaaudiprotein]

My steering wheel is shaking when i'm at idle, sometimes it shakes pretty bad + some weird noise. dont even know what is that.

[BOPOH]

My steering wheel is shaking when i'm at idle, sometimes it shakes pretty bad + some weird noise. dont even know what is that.

mine does too, especially after few drinks, but even worse if i had a bottle of vodka. usually stops around noon of the next day

[aaaudiprotein]

lol

[J-jizzle]

Thats what I felt after my passenger side mount was gone. It was very hard to shift smooth from 1st to 2nd and letting off the throttle in any gear would give me that thump feeling. I do not rev my motor much at idle, but I'm sure it would of felt the same.

[Charlescrs6]

Thats what I felt after my passenger side mount was gone. It was very hard to shift smooth from 1st to 2nd and letting off the throttle in any gear would give me that thump feeling. I do not rev my motor much at idle, but I'm sure it would of felt the same.

WOW mine does that... what did yours end up being? I should check my mounts too.

[jessefrank]

As with most things that don't break, but progressively go bad...you may not really notice your mounts are bad because you get used to the feeling of drivign with bad mounts.

I noticed mine were bad when I saw fluid all over my Pass side one at about 57K miles( no fluid leaking from my Driver's side, but it had just about as much play as my visually bad passenger one). I replaced my snub at about 50K as it was cracked/very worn w/ a Stern from PureMS. I'm pretty sure my mounts were going out then and just put extra stress on the rest of the system.

I was having exhaust issues at the time and had my flex-pipe replaced (welded in a new one) which caused my exhaust to sit a little closer to the subframe. I started noticing my exhaust rubbing/rattling on the subframe when I'd rev the engine or turn sharply.

I installed 2.7T S4 Mounts and after noticed shifting was alot smoother (especially the 1-2 shift and had alot less issues when shifting into 2 from 1 or 3, cold or warmed up) and overall the car felt alot more solid (only way I can describe it). It was as if the shifting, steering and handling was less sloppy.

[J-jizzle]

WOW mine does that... what did yours end up being? I should check my mounts too.

Both mounts had there fluid leaked out and the mount under the exhaust manifold was tore 65% the way around.

[texasboy21]

i had both of mine go out, and i too had s4 mounts put in (at the stealership actually had a new younger service rep), and i too thought it was the snub and upgraded to the stern unit. my idle was really smooth when they were out but shifting 1-2 and/or letting off the gas in 1 or 2 would cause a bad jerk. i thought it was my mbc and diode not running smooth but with the new mounts its really smooth, but idles really shaky esp. when cold.

barrett

[Maverick]

maybe tranny mounts?