AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

I'll never buy another vehicle built by ze Germans. Just need to fucking rant.

My engine was jumping out of my engine compartment, so, way too late, I decided to change my motor mounts. I am a very mechanically savvy guy, and though I'd never done this before, I knew I could. I went to my trusted mechanic, and he told me $600 to have him do it. Not a chance. I bought the mounts for $100, and went to it. Yesterday.

I finished changing my motor mounts today. I had to stop yesterday because I got too frustrated. I was trying to do it "by the book" and put my Audi A6 into "service position," which means literally removing the front end---bumper, radiator, fans, all of it---so I can access the engine compartment. Everything is packed in so tight with no regard to the bits you'd need to replace most often, so this is really the only way to get to the motor mounts. Problem is that there is no room to reach the fucking bolts needed to put the fucking car into service position...

But the internet knows secrets. Oh, does it know secrets. There are whole forums filled with Audi owners that share these secrets, some of which I am now a member. One tool, (this one) and what was the most frustrating job ever, well, remained frustrating as hell, but less destruction was necessary. So my hands are torn and bruised, but I finished the job. And it's a good thing I did.

This is what it looks like when you have factory motor mounts on a 15 year old vehicle.

There's a reason I have a bike

Up to their old tricks again, are they?

(January 25, 2015 at 7:27 pm)Stimbo Wrote: Up to their old tricks again, are they?

Zay ar. Zay ar sneaky, ze Germans.

All the new luxury cars are that bad. I have to remove the front passenger tire to change the oil filter on my honda accord. An oil change require the removal of tires!

Not being mechanically savvy, I'm happy to pay the price of ignorance. Dealing with garage people is pricey (sometimes), but I strongly suspect that the aggravation I save is going to double my effective lifetime.

Boru

Steel,

I'm responsible for the new q series OEM brake calipers (2015+) at my company, So I could get you pads and calipers if you'll just buy a new one..

(January 25, 2015 at 7:19 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

I'll never buy another vehicle built by ze Germans. Just need to fucking rant.

My engine was jumping out of my engine compartment, so, way too late, I decided to change my motor mounts. I am a very mechanically savvy guy, and though I'd never done this before, I knew I could. I went to my trusted mechanic, and he told me $600 to have him do it. Not a chance. I bought the mounts for $100, and went to it. Yesterday.

I finished changing my motor mounts today. I had to stop yesterday because I got too frustrated. I was trying to do it "by the book" and put my Audi A6 into "service position," which means literally removing the front end---bumper, radiator, fans, all of it---so I can access the engine compartment. Everything is packed in so tight with no regard to the bits you'd need to replace most often, so this is really the only way to get to the motor mounts. Problem is that there is no room to reach the fucking bolts needed to put the fucking car into service position...

But the internet knows secrets. Oh, does it know secrets. There are whole forums filled with Audi owners that share these secrets, some of which I am now a member. One tool, (this one) and what was the most frustrating job ever, well, remained frustrating as hell, but less destruction was necessary. So my hands are torn and bruised, but I finished the job. And it's a good thing I did.

This is what it looks like when you have factory motor mounts on a 15 year old vehicle.

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This thing is what holds the engine to the chassis, and dampens vibrations and torque twist.

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Hang on....are you actually complaining about a 15 year old car having a mechanical problem?

Or was it a typo and you meant 15 months?

(January 25, 2015 at 7:19 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: My engine was jumping out of my engine compartment, so, way too late, I decided to change my motor mounts.

How on earth do you get an engine to jump out of the compartment?

What sort of driving style gets you there?

(January 26, 2015 at 9:29 am)Hoopington Wrote: Hang on....are you actually complaining about a 15 year old car having a mechanical problem?

Or was it a typo and you meant 15 months?

I gathered that his complaint was not that a 15-year-old car was having mechanical problems, but rather that the difficulty of doing the repair was a major source of frustration. Of course, I've had my coffee.