Hi all,

For the last couple of months I've been getting an intermittent slight engine vibration.  Occasionally when the car is idling, the rev counter stays where it should be but I I can feel a slightly shudder/vibration.  Engaging the clutch doesn't change anything so I thought I'd check the engine mounts seeing as I had a few bits to do on the car today.

I'm assuming that the 'bladder' in the top mount isn't supposed to have a massive bubble in it?  I'd estimate that the bubble is around 10mm proud of the rest of the mount (the picture doesn't show 'depth' very well.

Assuming that it's not meant to look like that, has anyone replaced the mount on a Lynx engine?  It appears to be a relatively straight forward job to replace, I just need to ensure the engine is adequately supported.  Has anyone who has replaced one used a non Ford mount?  I'm only asking about non-Ford mounts because Trust Ford Wakefield wanted £120+ inc. VAT for genuine part!   

 

On 7/2/2016 at 7:53 PM, 1979Damian said:

Hi all,

For the last couple of months I've been getting an intermittent slight engine vibration.  Occasionally when the car is idling, the rev counter stays where it should be but I I can feel a slightly shudder/vibration.  Engaging the clutch doesn't change anything so I thought I'd check the engine mounts seeing as I had a few bits to do on the car today.

I'm assuming that the 'bladder' in the top mount isn't supposed to have a massive bubble in it?  I'd estimate that the bubble is around 10mm proud of the rest of the mount (the picture doesn't show 'depth' very well.

Assuming that it's not meant to look like that, has anyone replaced the mount on a Lynx engine?  It appears to be a relatively straight forward job to replace, I just need to ensure the engine is adequately supported.  Has anyone who has replaced one used a non Ford mount?  I'm only asking about non-Ford mounts because Trust Ford Wakefield wanted £120+ inc. VAT for genuine part!   

Sorry to bump this but what was the outcome ?  Did you replace or find out if it was needed mate?  I only ask because my engine does a heck of a lot of vibrating first thing in the morning.  The tensioner on the Aux belt goes up and down like crazy.  I'll be having the engine mount off to do the timing belt in two weeks and thought I'd have a good look at it while it's off.

I had the exact same issue about 18 months ago, replacing the top mount fixed it nicely.  Dead easy to do as long as you make sure the engine is supported from underneath.  I did only purchase a used mount as the price for a genuine Ford mount for this engine has gone through the roof! (think £200+) I think Ford are having a laugh (as usual).