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Hey guys.
>took vehicle offroading to pic related
>mid day on sand trail going through forest
>sequence of wood retaining walls to keep sand where it is
>one of these ends up being a sheer drop of about 10-15"
>can't see it because sand all looks the same
>crunch down hard, suddenly get vibration from front left while idling
>get underneath and loosen sump guard, vibration improves
Initially I thought it was a bend in the sump guard hitting the exhaust.
Hammered it out, only just got around to installing it back on the car (it's 2am here, I've had a big week).
Still have a pretty significant vibration when the car is tilted to the right and when engine is under load in reverse gear (doesn't actually have to be moving to feel vibration).
So the next most likely culprit would be a broken engine mount yeah?
Been reading the FSM for my car.
Seems like there's only 2 engine mounts in total?
Doesn't seem right to me.
I'll have to park the car until Saturday when I can get a good look at all the engine/transmission mounts.
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>>16032690
Forgot to say.
>vibration goes away when sump guard not installed
Still might be a sump guard mount but they all look pretty unbent.
>pic related, the dent I hammered back out in the sump guard
>and yeah they didn't design this for the diesel version of my car so I had issues from the get go with exhaust clearance and it took a lot of messing about with spacers to get it right
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Oh no I went offroading for an hour and now I have a vibration
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>>16032714
It took an hour to cross from the ferry point over to the Eastern beaches alone (Fraser Island).
Here is a dingo looking for babies to steal.
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>>16032690
Final bump.
C'mon /o/.
I know there are a few of you here that aren't just autists arguing about manual vs auto.
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>>16032783
I'd kep bumping this until all the mericlap are off work.
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>>16032690
first of all: ausfags ree
>>16032705
why did you hammer in the sump guard or did it actually hit the exhaust? did you check the exhaust lines straight until the exterior pipes end and everything is still bolted / attached to where they should be?
2 engine mounts is okay if you have a lot of brackets. there's a second place for it to rest above or in between if that's the case (as a third/ fourth point of contact with the vehicle like on the frame or something) - did you check each one?
this is all from just person experience with looking at the off road beaters. I like Jeeps since everything is roomy enough for me to see every attachment. Also my ranger because they're designed so you can see every little piece from either the top or the bottom angle. however, when looking at most other vehicles, a lot of other vehicles have hidden bolts and shit everywhere so you can easily miss a blown bolt when trying to find it without an eagle eye
vibrations could not be that bad. my friend had one of those old, beaten up S-10s with vibrations everywhere. one day, they stopped and the muffler actually fell out. it kept vibrating for another few then thousand kilometres until they scrapped it for money. most important things are attached to other important things and the mounts are there to prevent vibration, as you mentioned.
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>>16032783
Oh yes we are.
Did you really think we weren't, anon? Hmmm? Hmmmmmm? Silly anon.
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>>16032783
There are always at least 3 engine mounts, although the third one is not actually called like that, but it's a roll restrictor, meaning it doesn't hold the engine's weight, but just keeps it from rotating too much inside the engine bay.
Those things may be fitted very low on the engine subframe, I have no idea where they are on your car, but they may be easily damaged if they are that low and you scraped hard
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>>16034238
so two vertical and one horizontal mounts.
iirc, jeeps have cradle like systems holding them up and my ranger has just a cut out piece of metal that the engine can fit snuggly inside. it also armours the main parts against flying rocks in general.
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>>16034290
Longitudinal engines may have 3 mounts, two on the sides of the engine and one on the gearbox, with no roll restrictors. Or one on the gearbox and one in front of the engine, going to the subframe, with a roll restrictor.
Transverse engines usually have two mounts, one on the gearbox and one in front of the belts, with one or more roll restrictors.
Usual places for restrictors are under the engine, connecting the gearbox to the chassis/subframe or right above the engine-side engine mount, connecting the mount to the chassis.
Check those places if you are not sure about the amount of restrictors, you may have to remove a bunch of plastic to see them.
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>>16032690
Do you know what was hitting your sump guard? You might have broken something like maybe an exhaust pipe hanger.
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