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chaser- read that ^^^^^^^^^^
(copy'd from another thread)
The Holden engine mount is designed with a safety lift bar across the bottom. Its purpose is to stop the engine from being pulled of the engine mounts and falling out of the car in a torque situation and most of all in a collision.
The placement of the engine mount lock bar when bottomed out on the engine cradle was to produce knock and fire the knock sensors retarding the engine if the engine mount was worn of damaged.
Because of staggered placement of the engine mounts on the V6 the drivers side mount usually only works as a hinge with only a little downward pressure compared to the large amount torque lift on the passenger side mount.
However a worn or damaged mount on the drivers side will and should set of the knock sensors protecting the car from damage..
The majority of the damage to to drivers side mount is from a leaky oil filter or harmonic balance seal that over time degrades and softens the rubber leading to the mounts complete failure.
A good fast way to check if you mounts good is check that the sump in you car is above the lower edge of your engine cradle.
If the engine is level or lower than the cradle you need to replace the mounts....
Zapp
and it makes a bloody big difference.. mine was stuffed for ages(prob 12mths) and it gained so much power just from a new drivers side mount....i had surging issues (plus others) i couldnt fix/find for 12mths and this was the reason.. lol it was screwed
chaser- read that ^^^^^^^^^^
(copy'd from another thread)
The Holden engine mount is designed with a safety lift bar across the bottom. Its purpose is to stop the engine from being pulled of the engine mounts and falling out of the car in a torque situation and most of all in a collision.
The placement of the engine mount lock bar when bottomed out on the engine cradle was to produce knock and fire the knock sensors retarding the engine if the engine mount was worn of damaged.
Because of staggered placement of the engine mounts on the V6 the drivers side mount usually only works as a hinge with only a little downward pressure compared to the large amount torque lift on the passenger side mount.
However a worn or damaged mount on the drivers side will and should set of the knock sensors protecting the car from damage..
The majority of the damage to to drivers side mount is from a leaky oil filter or harmonic balance seal that over time degrades and softens the rubber leading to the mounts complete failure.
A good fast way to check if you mounts good is check that the sump in you car is above the lower edge of your engine cradle.
If the engine is level or lower than the cradle you need to replace the mounts....
Zapp
and it makes a bloody big difference.. mine was stuffed for ages(prob 12mths) and it gained so much power just from a new drivers side mount....i had surging issues (plus others) i couldnt fix/find for 12mths and this was the reason.. lol it was screwed
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