Does anyone know what the hell is going on here I removed all the bolts from the engine mounts but the engine will not budge It will not lift/move up so I can replace the mounts when I jack up the engine from the oil pan with wood block in between for weight distribution the whole car gets lifted up not the engine something is still holding the engine to the frame of the car I have no idea what very strange



Picture of the two mounts and all bolts that I removed still engine will not move up

 

Get two people. One on the floor jack the other grabbing the engine and rocking it back and forth (Side to side) as you slowly jack up the engine. I had exactly the same problem and with one guy I just could not get it to move! Got my wife on the jack while I shook the engine to get to move. Finally popped free!

Note I also had to rock the engine when I lowered the engine back down into the frame. Those threaded studs point strait down and are rubber mounted so they are not precisely pointing straight down. You also have an alignment pin that should fall into place. It's not much but enough to stop movement.
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Did not work for me not sure if I shook the engine enough I left all the bolts off for now I will drive around a few days maybe go over a few speed bumps
There is no way the engine and mounts can be stuck together so much that its lifting the whole front end of the car with it
I do not think my engine is stuck to the mounts I have the AWD version so its different Maybe the brackets have to be removed in order to remove the mounts?

 

Sorry my fault! I have a RWD so yes that's your problem. I missed that!
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No worries thanks for the help anyway
I will take the car to a mechanic shop if they don't know what to do then I will take it to the dealership
I will update once problem is fixed.