Cheap Manifold knocking fix

[nathanH]

I had a day off work yesterday so I though I would finally sort out the knocking I get on hard excelleration, normaly 1st and 2nd gear.

I suspected worn/broken engine mounts; so off came the top engine mount... perfect condition.

took off the upper GB mount... perfect condition.

Took off the dog bone... again, perfect condition. With the dog bone off I rocked the engine to see exactly where the Manifold flange touches the subframe. In case your interested it the bottom tip of the decat flage not the manifiold flange.

before I put the dog bone back on the car I got some sticky back 2.5mm rubber (My old mans company make gaskets) In short I packed out the spaces in the rubber to stop/reduce any movement (see red highlighted ares)

Hope this helps anyone whos got the issue
Just to add, my car has done 97k on original mounts.

Nathan

 

[edde]

The only problem with this fix is the mount is designed to give hence its desinged with a gap.

Not having the gap can overload other parts