I replaced the engine mounts on my 97 yesterday. The one's I took out were original w/170k on them to the best of my knowledge. The difference is amazing. No more slop and slack felt in the drivetrain during shifts, and letting off/on the gas while cruising. A more direct and solid feel for sure. There have been a few posts where people complained of the stick shift moving up/down while cruising. I had that in the most severe way and it is now gone. Before I was able to grab the intake mani and physicaly shake the engine. Now it doesn't budge. Since I had to drop the sway bar to r/r I also replaced my sway bar bushings. Not sure if that made a difference. Just thought I'd share.

 

i bet you do feel a difference. where did you get them?

 

The old ones are hollow and light as if all the liquid core had leaked out, yet there was no sign of a leak. The old drivers side was especially spongy. I got them locally HERE I'm trying to get a job there.

If you can't find a part by going through the menu selections, do a search. They have almost everything.

They are a wholesaler for oem Audi/VW/Porsche and basically have the same inventory as the dealer. They've been getting a ton of my business lately. There are few things that they can be undersold on. I don't know if shipping is reasonable or not.

 

Mine's got 100K on it, when do you think I should replace my mounts?

 

My 2000 has 102k and they are fine. Youll know when it's time. You can check to see if they are leaky.

 

Thanks bro

 

how much were they i couldnt find them on the site?

 

i replaced mine with 034's mounts and there was a very noticable improvement. it wasnt night and day, but maybe my stock mounts werent that worn. only had 100k miles. i also didnt know the stock mounts were liquid filled....? im almost positive the ones i took off were not.

 

ecode has them along with rs4 (stiffer mounts) So does AWEtuning...

 

Search "a4 motor mounts" on their site. They are $70ish for both from there You wouldn't know they are liquid filled by looking at them. There is a seam on the bottom where you can see sealant is used. Thats where they would leak from. I was going to get 034's solid mounts but didn't feel like spending ~$200 on mounts.