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South Australia
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July 2002
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ST162 3S-GE engine mounts troubles
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Sun, 29 February 2004 09:27
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Seems that my north engine mount is busting up on me chronically...I've replaced it once, and now it's gone again. What's the score here? The engine is sitting really low on the mount and pushing it down a bit, which is causing the rubber to tear? Is this a common problem, or is my car 'out of shape' iun some way or another 
The only other thing I can think of is dodgy workmanship on the part of my ex-mechanic.
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Canberra
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April 2003
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Re: ST162 3S-GE engine mounts troubles
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Sun, 29 February 2004 13:19
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north....? is that the front or rear, I would think it's the rear, correct or wrong? if it is the rear is a solid mount, well mine is, it has now room for movement, if it's the front, didn't you have a problem where your crossmember was bent? did you ever fix it? that would be the reason the engine is squashing the mount.
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South Australia
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Re: ST162 3S-GE engine mounts troubles
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Mon, 01 March 2004 04:00
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Front...
I'm not exactly sure whether it is bent or not, there are no obvious creases on top of the crossmember. I'll put a decent pic up later -> but it looks in close to decent shape.
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Canberra
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April 2003
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Re: ST162 3S-GE engine mounts troubles
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Mon, 01 March 2004 06:38
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no obvios bends or creases, they don't always, after my headlight had a roo land on it it kinda aimed up at a 30 degree angle, I thought it was just the fact the light poped out of the mounting frame, when I put the mounting frame back on the top of it still aimed up at a 30 degree angle, funny thing is there is no creasing, paint crack, or bending visable anywhere, it obviosly is, but it looks exactly the same when you compare it to a straight frame. The moral of this story is............. I don't fuckin know 
Try getting a urethane centre one made for it, or the front has some up/down movement where it sits in the bracket can you adjust it there?
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South Australia
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July 2002
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Re: ST162 3S-GE engine mounts troubles
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Mon, 01 March 2004 12:29
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I might take it down to a wreckers and see if they match up at all...
It's had a fair hit to it during it's life, cause it's quite mangled on the bottom, but it doesn't look like a bad enough hit to cause the thing to bend. More likely the car has been in a front ender.
If I get the car on a chassis puller (if it is indeed out of round) would that help?
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