[Josh_PoloGTi]

[:O]

Anyone else had the bolt shear off the top of their drivers-side engine mount?

 

[Tabs]

Ohhh Nice! *coughs* Warrantteeeeeeee.

 

[Josh_PoloGTi]

Calling the AA out in a bit (when I get dressed!).

I'm not driving it like that!!! (even though I have been driving it like that for over a week, I didn't realise the engine wasn't bolted in!!!!!)

 

[Wilko]

I read the topic title and thought 'What a stupid question" []

 

[Foxy]

Blimey Josh - hope you get/got it fixed OK mate........

 

[Josh_PoloGTi]

Quote: posted by Wilko on 13/03/2005 08:46:39

I read the topic title and thought 'What a stupid question" []

[B)] Git []

 

[marriedblonde]

Ooops!!!

J.

 

[Josh_PoloGTi]

Ahh, so this is why my car sounds like a bag of nails!

 

[Josh_PoloGTi]

Cheers Foxy!

I'll let you know what the very nice man from the AA says when he arrives.

 

[Malky]

don't drive it anywhere...

Get a tow back to the skoda garage for it to be repaired...

Don't suppose you've had any work done of the car that would have involved the engine mount being taken off??

 

[Josh_PoloGTi]

No, the engine hasn't been touched.

AA are due to arrive before 10:30am

 

[Josh_PoloGTi]

 

[Mikedav]

Quote: posted by Josh_PoloGTi on 13/03/2005 09:16:55

Ahh, so this is why my car sounds like a bag of nails!

Great minds think alike! [] j/k

Thats a nasty one mate, at least you spotted it! Is this common on the Fabia?

 

[ADi Nuff Valves]

Ouch! I knew them vRS's had some torque!

 

[Paul C]

Are we not going to mention the remap and the extra load past design spec on that mount then []

 

[Josh_PoloGTi]

Paul...

In short: No Chance!

 

[Paul C]

[]

 

[simch]

Someone had that on a 18t golf IIRC, and posted about it on a thread about wheel hop and ARB clunking as i recall. About 9 months back though! Cant recall for sure if the thread sheared off or if the bolt just worked lose and disappeared, but pretty sure it was a bolt shearing off. I remember checking mine as a result.

 

[Josh_PoloGTi]

Cheers Simch

I just hope they can get the part in stock asap, as like a fool I called the AA from home... So I get no courtesy car []

 

[ProSpec]

Hi Josh,

Could have been worse, this is what I found when I took the Rocker cover off after I had thought I had a collapsed Hydraulic Tappet on my Bora PD Tdi 115 Sport.





The head of the Injector rocker shaft bolt nearest the Cam wheel had sheared off, looks like it may have been a manufacturing flaw or just plain unlucky.

The Head gasket had failled last year at 65000 miles and it has done a further 11000 miles before this incident. (All stretch bolts were changed when I did the work)

Doesn't seem to have done any further damage, was very lucky that the bolt head got trapped in the recess for the Cylinder Head bolt next to it. Dread to think what damage it would have caused to the Cam & Followers.

Regards, Steve