Broken engine carrier - what the ?
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Three Wheelin'
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Broken engine carrier - what the ?
The 964 has been a little finicky lately (exhaust leak, fan bearing, now this). I just picked it up from the exhaust shop to fix the leak around the new sport cat. After getting home I opened the boot and found that the engine carrier is cracked. Is this just an odd coincidence? I added a qt. of oil last week and didn't notice it, but I suppose that it could have been there. I also haven't noticed any change in vibrations or shifter feel.
I'm just turning 70k miles. The car has never been tracked. I drive it hard, the previous owner was an older fellow who drove it quite gently. Is it possible to have sheared from such average road use?
And now, what is this going to take to repair? (gulp) Is this an engine-out service?
I'm just turning 70k miles. The car has never been tracked. I drive it hard, the previous owner was an older fellow who drove it quite gently. Is it possible to have sheared from such average road use?
And now, what is this going to take to repair? (gulp) Is this an engine-out service?
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Three Wheelin'
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*edit*
I'm just realizing that it definitely wasn't the shop - I noticed the tailpipe sitting low this morning when I brought it over to them. Of course it would be low if the engine isn't supported on the rear right side...
I'm just realizing that it definitely wasn't the shop - I noticed the tailpipe sitting low this morning when I brought it over to them. Of course it would be low if the engine isn't supported on the rear right side...
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Looks like it broke in a similar place to LuckyP's:
https://rennlist.com/forums/964-foru...hlight=carrier
However Pete wasn't so lucky as his gave way while driving on track!
https://rennlist.com/forums/964-foru...hlight=carrier
However Pete wasn't so lucky as his gave way while driving on track!
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I think this is on my list. When changing my motor mounts last weekend, it seemed there was a bit of corrosion and/or stress (paint was flaked off and rusty at the welds) at the ends of the carrier.
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Three Wheelin'
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Hi Boxsey- thanks for posting the link to Lucky's break. It looks like the identical spot. His description makes the replacement sound much more reasonable than I was anticipating too.
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p.s. I guess you've put a floor jack under the engine already since it's currently putting a strain on just the one motor mount at the moment?
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fix
- Jack up the car and support with stands
- (I find it easier to remove the rear tires for leg room)
- Remove the primary muffler
- Remove heat duct
- Support engine with lift
- Unscrew engine mounts from below
- Remove 10mm and 13mm bolts supporting rear oil line
- unbolt primary muffler support
- unbolt engine mount bolts (you may need a long extention, they are torqued down pretty well
I'm just doing this from memory so may have added or removed a few steps! I think the most troublesome part of this job is putting the primary back in (now you have a good excuse to swap that out for a primary bypass) and unbolting the bolts for the engine mount.... may need to visit harbor frieight if you don't have a long bar...
Good luck!
tom
tom
