3rd Engine mount in 1 month

[Exit9alero]

Hey guys, so last nite i get home from my cousins house, i get home park my alero. today i get up at 930 to catch my midterms at 1030, i go to my car turn it on and.... roooooom roorooo rooor oroor orororor!! my car sounds like a big block on steriods so i pop the hood and im like grrreat another engine mount broke. its amazing how i manage to break the same one 3 times in less then a 4 month period, so now im thinking wow i just got paid and used some for my tints and brakes now where am i going to get the money for a mount lol wow any how i talk to the mechanic and he says "your here again, your making me rich" so his son asks me how i do it i cant even respond because i honestly dont know, i wonder if they make performance mounts or additional supports like the ones for the 3800 gm engine

[Vtolds]

is your car stock? I have no explanation why your car should be braking mounts. The only thing I can think of is the person fixing them is doing it wrong.

[HazMatt24]

stop off roading it

[Exit9alero]

jea its stock i got an intake, spark plugs, wires n lil mods i cant explain y it keeps breaking

[HazMatt24]

sometimes people are just cursed. I used to have a Grand Am and like clock work the alternator would go out every 11 months. Fortunately it had a 12 month warranty on it.

[AGT]

The only thing I can think of is the person fixing them is doing it wrong.


I bet Vtolds can answer your question in one post haha

or he is giving you bunk mounts...If my mechanic saw me again for the third time for the same problem...his head would be going under the car as I took it off the lift "You like that, huh you like that? Yeah...this is what happens, man when you don't fix it right muthafucka...this is what happens"haha

[Exit9alero]

yeah im not so sure whats going on maybe i push it to hard sometimes or bumps in the road or something

[jackal2000]

which mount is it? the dog bone by the coolant resevoir?

[Exit9alero]

i have the 3.4l its the one by the pulleys im going to take pictures of all the mounts ive broken once i get it fixed but yea i noticed that all cars that have the 3.8 have a dog bone shaped one right by the washer fluid

[billytheman1188]

i agree with vtolds, how good is this mechanic???? i would suggest trying a different mechanic, ask your friends if they know any good mechanics, if you go to a new one and get it put on, then just wait and see if it happens again, if it does, then its not your regular mechanic.

thats weird that you went through that many mounts, theres definitly something wrong there, i dont think its because of your driving, they shouldnt be breaking like that.

[teflone]

The mechanic is LAZY!!!!!!!!!


Get a new one.. there are shortcuts to putting in a engine mount, that can lead to loosening, your mechanic is a lazy asshole..

Loose mounts, premature failure..

Go back to him, tell him he sucks, and your taking your biz elsewhere..

3 motor mounts is waaaay above casual coincidence

[jayson_waltz]

your mechanic is screwing you over. yea "you again you're making me rich." tell him to go f**k himself and go somewhere else.

[Exit9alero]

yeah i really have to find a new one but theres not many you can trust now a days most of them around here are either real expensive or a mexican dude with one tool that can fix anything but with no garentee for about 100 dollars lmao

[HazMatt24]

yeah i really have to find a new one but theres not many you can trust now a days most of them around here are either real expensive or a mexican dude with one tool that can fix anything but with no garentee for about 100 dollars lmao

obviously the one you have now you can't trust. Go to the Mexican dude, he'll take $10 off the price of labor for some Coors Light

[AGT]

obviously the one you have now you can't trust. Go to the Mexican dude, he'll take $10 off the price of labor for some Coors Light


Thats about the best thing about illegals...they give discounts when you buy them something that would usually require ID haha :lol:

[billytheman1188]

yeah i really have to find a new one but theres not many you can trust now a days most of them around here are either real expensive or a mexican dude with one tool that can fix anything but with no garentee for about 100 dollars lmao

if it really comes down to it, you might have to take it to the dealer.....if you have one around you. They will do it right...............but for a lot of money.:lol:

[Satsuriku]

thats just plain sloppyness of who ever the hell is installing those man!! no way in hell would 3 go in 1 month!! hell ive never had a mount go..........EVER!

[Exit9alero]

well i think i broke the fuckin around doing donuts n driftin corners lol

[xbxradxsx]

^^might could have something to do with it, but still, 3??? that just don't sound right. i run the the hell outta my car and i haven't had any problems with anything whatsoever. which mine is the 2.2, but still that don't sound right.

[AGT]

^^might could have something to do with it, but still, 3??? that just don't sound right. i run the the hell outta my car and i haven't had any problems with anything whatsoever. which mine is the 2.2, but still that don't sound right.


x2 I had mine for over 128K miles and never once needed an engine mount

[HazMatt24]

well i think i broke the fuckin around doing donuts n driftin corners lol

how the hell do you drift in a front wheel drive?

[AGT]

how the hell do you drift in a front wheel drive?

Hit the e-brake on a turn....not true drift

[HazMatt24]

Hit the e-brake on a turn....not true drift

oh, just being a jack off

[BlackJack]

alright, cool it guys. Yeah, you can't really drift in a fwd, but attempting to is probably what's doing it.

Send me a pic of the broken one installed currently, so I can see where it's breaking. (hint, I need to see the break clearly).

If it were me, I'd replace the engine mount, the trans mount, and install a torque brace (and stop trying to drift/donut), but then again, I'm laying down a conservative 380 at the wheels (hence the blown tranny)