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Old Mar 10, 2025 | 08:40 PM
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Discovered a few drops of what appeared be oil on floor on right side of car behind the right front wheel. Got nephew to assist, he advised no oil leak. He slid over and said " Motor Mount". That's the Bad news. Good News is it is the Right Side and less problematic. Amazon had a URO Branded one I purchased. Ordered on Wednesday pm and arrived on Sunday. Not Prime member so that was a surprise.. Good News was nephew installed this am w/o problem and ready to go. One set of written instructions advise the Air Duct Elbow removal was needed, but it and the Air Cleaner Box also was required Also be careful and return the aluminum heat shields you bend due to stress removing the upper mount stud nut. It was helpful to remove the air duct for the alternator for ease of access. The shields can vibrate against the A/C lines and other close parts. l had suspected a coolant leak too, but could not locate. Had to remove the engine cover and saw coolant on the plenum of left side at front. Had to be the Bleed Hose to reservoir. Tried to patch to plastic hard line but my gas line hose leaked. Purchased 3 feet of 5/16 or 8mm silicone coolant (Evil Energy) and some 5/8.insulated holder clamps to,mount the line to plenum. The plenum had some mount bosses cast on the 2 center tubes so I used M2 or M4 self tapping screws to mount them securely.. Now, No Leaks or Oil drips
 

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Old Mar 11, 2025 | 07:36 AM
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Thanks Kelly, good write up and glad the nephew was available to help.
Jon and I did his hose, the bracket sounds like a good idea, don't remember it being there.
I will refer to this when I need to replace the motor mount.
 
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Old Mar 11, 2025 | 08:07 AM
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Photo for use if needed:

Alternate Bleed Hose
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Just a warning... if the RH mount collapsed, the LH one will follow soon.
 
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Old Mar 13, 2025 | 06:36 AM
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Probably a good observation. BTY, just ordered a 15mm ratcheting,flex head wrench to assist..Also have a whirring sound ( sounds like a viscous fan clutch) only when moving & sound from front that follows the RPM. No noise when parkrd and engine raced up.. All shields from top are bent back to early location. Guess jacking up motor on right side and difficult to remove top nut caused some bending of the aluminum heat shields. Searching for that noise source also.
 

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