The Toyota dealer where I have my car serviced recommended that I replace the motor mounts. Since I had never heard of motor mounts breaking, except maybe in an accident, I declined. They claim the ...

Engine mounts are among the components that nobody talks about until they break. Just like their name explains, engine mounts have the role of keeping the power plant in place inside the engine bay.

"A 2015 Mini Cooper. Engine bay might be a bit tight, but there's no rust, so this job will be easy!" I told my naive self before agreeing to fix my friend's engine mount. His dealer had quoted him a ...

Why does Ford Focus engine vibrate? Q: My Ford Focus engine vibrates when the engine first starts and reduces to about 15 percent after the engine warms up. Also during driving, the vibration is more ...

What turns an apparently normal takeoff into an unrecoverable structural failure within seconds? The early findings from the UPS MD-11 crash investigation point away from the engine itself and toward ...

Most cars have two to four motor mounts. A bad motor mount will cause vibration or knocking from the engine. You can test for a bad motor mount visually or by rocking it by hand. Replacing motor ...

Motor mounts and transmission mounts eventually become one of those things you just can’t dodge. You usually don’t pay much attention to them, until your engine is rattling out of your Jeep or the ...

During the installation of TTI headers on our '06 5.7L Hemi Police Pursuit Charger ("Go With the Flow," July '17), we discovered that the motor (engine) mounts were torn beyond the point of reuse.

I've got a 1974 GMC Sprint project car. It was originally a 350 small-block Chevy with a TH350 trans, but I sold the engine and trans and installed a 454 [big-block] and TH400 trans in it.