Top Engine Mount Drivers Side Oil Filled?

[Tom H]

Hi all,

During my recent cambelt change i notice this mount seems to have perished underneath and is leaking like a oil ? are they oil filled and will this effect its performance, the reason i ask is the mount still seems very solid and the cars done 26k miles bit low for an engine mount to die ?

Thanks Tom

 

[Mark5290]

You could be leaking oil from the cam cover/front of engine area which has contaminated the engine mount rubber, oil will eat into the rubber mount and soften it up and eventually fail.

 

[Tom H]

Nah its definatly fromt the mount, renault have confirmed their oil filled today

 

[grey_clio]

is this true that some are oil filled?

anyone

 

[ashy_gtt]

mines certainly not? Are you sure yours is?

Last time I had a nasty oil leak around there it was the cam shaft oil seal.

 

[grey_clio]

are any clios mounts oil filled? anyone??

 

[davebem]

No it must have been spilt or leaked from somewhere else. Maybe spilt from an oil change. Theres not much near the mount that would leak oil tbh. The rubber can perish but it doesnt look like oil. Can you take a pic?

 

[bmh.01]

I'm pretty sure they're just rubber mounts.

 

[ditz]

yeah im pretty sure that ones just rubber
there is such a thing as a fluid mount the mk4 onwards escorts mainly disels use them and a few others couple of pugs aswell never clocked one on a renault

 

[franx]

Nah its definatly fromt the mount, renault have confirmed their oil filled today

Not on our 172's , but some Reno-models seem to haven them

 

[Tom H]

It is defiantly... i have seen it with my own eyes.

A friends cars been to a local renault specialist and they have reported the same that his oil filled mount has burst...and needs replacing.

as i said renault also confirmed there oil filled.

 

[franx]

^^ i stand corrected ! Last week i got myself new mounts all round and someone at the Renault told me about the oil-filles ones, thought they were of another model though.

 

[grey_clio]

Does anyone know which models the oil filled ones apply to and which ones they dont?

cheers

 

[grey_clio]

bump


anyone know?

 

[grey_clio]

No it must have been spilt or leaked from somewhere else. Maybe spilt from an oil change. Theres not much near the mount that would leak oil tbh. The rubber can perish but it doesnt look like oil. Can you take a pic?

on photo bucket, what part do I post on here to get the pics up, ive just put them on there

 

[grey_clio]

is the mount fked then??
cheers

 

[grey_clio]

bump

 

[franx]

yes, defo gone.. this is what the Renault mech was talking about

Just go to the dealer, it is'nt that expensive !

 

[grey_clio]

gsf sell the part for £45 so going to get it there, then get my mechanic to fit it cheers

 

[grey_clio]

Heres the list of mounts from GSF, which one would apply to my 1995 1.4 RT?



101RE0330ENGINE MOUNT (TOP) CLIO 2, 1.4/1.6 8V/16V 98>06; CLIO 2, 1.9D 98> 43.25Add

101RE0340ENGINE MOUNT (TOP) CLIO 2, 1.2 8V , 1.2 16V 98>06 34.50 Add

R10109ENG MOUNT-RE CLIO 1.8 16V >98 25.00 Add

R10110ENGINE MOUNT.-FR UPPER RH CLIO exc 16V >96 32.50 Add

R10110DENG MOUNT-TOP CLIO 1.8 16V >98 45.00 Add

R10116ENGINE MOUNTING-FRONT RH CLIO 1.9D >96 19.90 Add

R31110GEARBOX MOUNTING-REAR CLIO >98 11.50 Add

R31112GEARBOX MOUNTING-TOP CLIO >98 13.90 Add


Cheers

 

[grey_clio]

well my mechanic is going to fit it for free seeing as though its only a 10 min job. RESULT