Broken engine mounts

lgsailor19 · #1 (**permalink**) 06-01-2004

Other than a visual inspection, which may be inconclusive, how can one test for this problem?

PaulBl · #2 (**permalink**) 06-02-2004

Start up the engine. Broken engine mounts should vibrate so bad any one can tell. This would be a very unsafe problem.

Truely broken mounts would be less common than old rubber mounting blocks that are worn out. These need to be replaced from time to time.

lgsailor19 · #3 (**permalink**) 06-03-2004

Would the engine vibrate all the time if the mounts are broken? Or, like a car with bad mounts, be noticable when in the trans is in gear?

PaulBl · #4 (**permalink**) 06-03-2004

The problem gets worse with more RPM''s and being in gear. With truely broken mounts (as in more than one) the engine could come loose. I would not start an engine that had broken mounts.