VW Golf 2.0 Engine Mount Replacement (All 3) | DIY
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 พ.ค. 2021
- Does your engine clunk around when you shift or go over bumps? Could be bad engine mounts.
In today's episode we are replacing all 3 engine mounts on a '03 VW Golf 2.0. This is the same procedure for the VR6 as well.
All of the parts are listed below.
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your speech and hand movements when you talk have gotten very smooth
Thanks bro!🤙🏼
Great vid. Just what I need to do my mounts for my 2001 golf. Thanks for including the specs on the bolt torques!
Bro this is an amazing video! I wish all car repair videos were this good. Thank you for your time in making this, I'll definitely be using this one in a couple weeks.
Really appreciate that comment! Makes all the work worth it for sure, best of luck and keep us updated if you fix it😁
Can’t explain how much this video helped!
Thats awesome to hear! Thanks for watching and commenting🤙🏼
Well that explained the 7 bolts needed. 👍
Great job man.
Brilliant video
Hey I recognize that car! Who else gets to literally watch the job done on their car? So sick
Not many my friend! Happy this fixed the issue and it drives way better now!
Thanks for watching! For some reason this video actually took my like 6 hours to edit😅
Keep up the good work!
Hell yeah brother🤟🏼
Exactly what I needed. Thank ya sir 👍🤙
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching🤙🏼
Sound mate, helped me a lot! Mine is a vr6 2.8 👍🏻
Cheers mate! Thanks for watching, happy it helped🤙🏼
Great tutorial!
Thanks for the comment🙏🏻
Nice clip! Thank you. Probably i would have cleaned a bit the area before installing the new ones
Dzięki świetny film 👍👏💪💪
dzięki za oglądanie!
thanks man that was great to know how to replace the mount engine for this car
Thanks for watching!
Nice work
Thanks!
Merci pour ton Partage Video c'est Top 👍👍👍
Great vid thanks for your help 👍🇦🇺
Thank you, appreciate the comment🤟🏼
Huge thanks mate! Took me (i never work on cars) only about 3 hours to do this!
That's awesome to hear! Hopefully it saved you some $ 🫡
Did you run into any complications
Good work this is gonna help me fix my sons new ride
Nice. Hope it goes smoothly 🫡
Thanks!!!!!
Excellent video! No mention of those bolts being stretch bolts, one time use and need to be replaced
Thanks! And yes, you are correct. They are supposed to be replaced
Should let those birds move in bro.haha nice work man clean as always
Never let 'birds' move in, nam'sayin?!
Appreciate you always showing support bro, ever since the first videos posted, much love dude🤟🏼
I’m chasing down a clunk when transitioning from no power to power, forward and reverse, even with suspension unloaded. Cv’s were my first guess, incorrect. Mounts are next. These look super easy. Great video!
Mounts are a good cause. I have also seen drivelines make this noise as well.
Did you figure out what the clunk was?
@@willtoulan Funny story... I think it was the CV's. After I replaced them I did some clutch dumps(while on jackstands) and the clunk I heard may have just been the jackstands. (I know... LOL right?) None the less, I had also replaced the engine mounts. No clunks now.
CV's took less than 2 hours. Engine mounts less than an hour. If they are all old anyway, just swap it all and be done with it. I replaced all steering and suspension on an MK4 golf from rock auto for less than a grand. No demons to chase if everything is new.
Let the birds stay! They're good luck!
Excellent video, just...
..give the poor birds a home!
The green bolts are single use stretch bolts. You should always replace them
This is true!
Great video. What about when a bolt breaks on the easy dog bone. ☹️
Are you trying to remove a broken bolt?
Where did you get the torque specs? At 6:38 you said you set it to 100 NM and i havent found anything close to that high on the forums.
I am trying to track down torque specs for the body mounted bracket, the engine mounted bracket and the bracket-to-bracket torque but am having little luck so far or what I find isn't clear ( i need pictures)
Just wondering where you found these specs.
Good question! These specs were from the factory service manual from VW itself. They are stretch bolts as far as I know as well.
Really good video. I have a 17 plate VW Golf. I was just driving normally when all of a sudden there was a loud noise and heavy vibrating. The car also couldn't go fast. A friend mechanic said the nearside engine mount came away which caused the engine to drop. Do you know if this would cause what I experienced when driving?
Sounds about right ✅️
I bought the mount hardware kit from FCP Euro and it included 3 extra bolts (N10155906) that aren't shown in this video. When i look it up, they come back as top bracket engine mount bolts. Any clue?
Maybe the 3 small bolts that hold on the stuff up top? Not sure off top of my head.
@@Mechani_Cole They ended up being 2 for the bracket holding the passenger side mount and one for the driver side mount.
Great video. I could do without the music (too loud). Yes, I agree, no need to show put back footage. Thx again.
Luckily you can control the volume haha, thanks for watching!
Hey I changed all 3 in the same order. Used new bolts and torqued them to spec. I had 21 yr old mounts in my 2001 golf. My steering wheel has a vibration when it’s idling and while driving. Should I leave them as they might need to break in? I don’t wanna loosed new stretch bolts to re adjust the mounts. What do u think. Thx
Leave them for a bit, it could just be because they are new
@@Mechani_Cole Thx for the fast reply. I figured that they might need to break in
@@pujo28 did the vibration go away?
@@willtoulan Sa far I would say a little. Still vibrates though. Weird how lots of ppl have this problem after changing them
Were the other two bolts for bone 40nm like the other ones?
Can't remember off top, sorry for the late reply
I have an 07 vw Passat 3.6... is location of mounts and process of changing, the same? I haven't found any videos on it...
Good question, they may be in similar locations, but the process may be a little different. There is a link to repair guides that may help in the description if no video found. Its what I use sometimes🤙🏼
@@Mechani_Cole Appreciate that...
Can you make a video on how raise the engine with the HF tool?
I can!
@@Mechani_Cole You're awesome
What was the mileage of the vehicle needing dog one change
Very common, this one had 133k miles on it.
Quick and easy fix😬
Is it alright to reuse those bolts? Some say change them every time other people just reuse them 🤷♂️
Technically supposed to change them. Plenty of people just reuse them though
Wish my air filter box came out that easily...not as much room in a new beetle.
I have a 2003 Jetta 2.0 manual trans with 230K miles. I am getting vibration in front end only when accelerating and only at somewhat higher speeds. If I am going around 50 mph and push gas pedal down then front will vibrate/shake. If I take my foot off of the gas it is smooth as can be. I did have tires rotated and balanced but didn't help. Could this be engine mounts?
Have you checked the lower control arms? If it only happens when accelerating it could be the engine mounts. If it happens all the time even when going downhill and neutral then it's something to do with your alignment or control arms or a warped rotor.
@@Mechani_Cole Thanks. It only happens during acceleration. And not noticeable below 30 or 40mph. I am pretty sure that engine mounts are original. I also read that CV shafts being worn could cause this. They seem to be original as well.
If it's the axles it would happen during neutral and all other times.. If you feel it during acceleration that's usually the engine mounts
@@Mechani_Cole Thank you!
No problem, happy to help🤟🏼
How much did all three cost ?
Double check the links listed. Sometimes price changes online
Hi
Brilliant work.
Would you by any chance have the part numbers of these 3 engine mounts and would these all three mounts fit golf 4 GTI 25th Anniversary.
Many thanks
Surjit
Yes it should fit. All the parts are listed in the description of the video
One time I was having adult time with my lady friend and she kept asking my to ratchet up the Newton meters, and now I finally understand what she meant. 🤔
Americans don't know how to convert from Newton Meters to Foot Pounds, so totally understandable. As for your bedroom encounter, it sounds like she needed a little more Torque than you were giving😅
This wins best comment and is getting pinned👏🏼
Volkswagen = for the people
For the people to repair😅
Aye, yo. You know I appreciate you. But, what’s the torque for those smaller nuts on the lower dogbone mount. 😂
The 2 rear-facing bolts (into the sub-frame) are 15 Ft*Lbs. plus 90 degrees...
The 2 vertical ones (into the transmission) are 30 Ft*Lbs. plus 90 degrees...
I believe that all of those should be replaced with new ones each time... (although I'm sure most shops and dealerships don't do it...)
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Where can I find the bolts?
Check here at FCP Euro or check Ebay - www.fcpeuro.com/Volkswagen-parts/Golf/?keywords=Engine%20mount%20bolts&year=2000&m=4&e=975&t=6&b=8&d=360&v=
@@Mechani_Cole Would it be fine just reusing the bolts?
Yeah, we reused these bolts on this. Replacing them is just the "proper" way to do it
@@Mechani_Cole how long has it lasted on reused bolts? still going strong? thinking about doing it with reused bolts and just some threadlocker
The car was sold, but it lasted for a few years and I imaginr still good. Its not abkut the thread locker as much as it is about them being stetch bolts. So after torquing them they are strecthed.
I didn’t get it how to alignment the mount 😢😢
Did you ever get it figured out?
Those bolts are one time use TTY have to buy new ones VW says or can risk a bolt breaking
You are correct!
Customer declined adding them, not my car🤷🏼♂️
In many years of this, I haven't experience a bolt breaking there, but yes it can happen.
@@Mechani_Cole after commenting this i went to do this job on a beetle i VR6 swapped and the transmission bracket stripped turned into a bad day fast lol
@@Patrick-Mckinney ouch, those suck!
Had to pull an audi 3.2 engine due to a stripped bolt recently, fun times😅
Good god if you use this as a guide… 12:24
DO NOT USE 100NM ON THE DOG BONE MOUNT! (Unless you have new bolts)
I tried to and stripped the socket into the trans. Apparently this is notorious for golfs of the era to do this, please don’t be like me!
Did you use new bolts? Or reuse old bolts that were there?
@@Mechani_Cole I had to reuse them as the kit I bought didn’t include new ones. It’s just a shame really.
Yeah, reusing 1 time use "torque to yield" bolts will usually end in breaking them. Must be new hardware each time
@@Mechani_Cole why did a golf need to be my dream car 😅. Damn you VW
I’ve replaced literally every component in my suspension front and back. I’ve torqued every bolt to spec including the strut mount and put in power flex bushings. I still have a violent thud over bumps. I have a 200k r32. Could it be a symptom of bad mounts? I only replaced the dog bone a few years ago.
Bad mounts or a bad Axle can also cause that thud. Had a similar situation myself on my Audi, turned out to be the axle
@@Mechani_Cole I replaced cvs with raxles and it cleaned it up quite a bit from where I was. Still chasing the the banging on in even roads. Coilovers might be shit, I just don’t know anymore. Replacing the subframe hardware this weekend as I have dropped that a few times while only replacing the bolts the first time doing the steering rack. Feel like I’m lighting my money on fire, but I just love this car too much and I’ve had it for over 12 years.
You've done everything except the engine mounts? That could definitely be it if so
@@Mechani_Cole yes sir. I ordered some street density from 034. I’ll report back in a week with my results.
I'm looking forward to it. Hopefully, you find your problem!