03typeS6spd

Last week I was going up a semi-steep driveway at an angle at about 5 mph and i heard something pop.

I d a bunch and thought maybe one of my end links was broken due to my lowered ride and comptech sways, cause I heard a clunking coming from underneath...

Well I got the car jacked up yesterday and everything I can see looks fine... so what would be the symptoms of a broken motor mount?

The car started creaking and clunking and has gotten continually worse to the point now that any change in direction from straight on flat road produces horrible sounds from underneath the dash/footwell area in the middle to right side...

I think typeR said that they were liquid filled, and after I heard the pop it seemed that I was leaking more fluid than normal from around the front right tire area but I was guessing that it was just extra ac runoff but I smelled the fluid and it seemed like water so it seemed normal.

so, where are the motor mounts located? are these hard to replace? should I take it to the dealer and try to get warranty work or has my aftermarket suspension screwed that chance (I am assuming yes)?

thanks in advance for the help...

Silverbulit40

iTrader: (2)

check to see if it might be the CV boot as well...

03typeS6spd

how would i check that?

Silverbulit40

iTrader: (2)

here's an explanation on how to do it.
http://www.honda-acura.net/forums/ar...p/t-45691.html

03typeS6spd

yeah that is definetely not it... cv boots were fine yesterday, everything i could see and physically touch with the wheel off in the well appeared fine... and no leaking grease or messy grease anywhere, plus the car is just over one year old now, i would hope the cv boot/joints last that long

anothercls

I would notice a clunking noise because my sub-frame bolts were loose, but it doesn't sound like that, but possibly. Does it only happen at low speeds or higher speeds? Below 20mph is when I would hear the most clunking.

4pumpedCL

I had a motor mount on my car replaced under warranty and I'm guessing my suspension mods are much more excessive than yours. However, I didn't even know my mount was gone....they just noticed it when my car was in getting a few other things looked at.

-Aaron

ChadT

Sounds a lot like a broken sway mount. Did you also check the brackets? I doubt a broken mount on the 6 speed would do much. There is only one of the vacuum mounts in the front + 2 dampers and a large rubber mount at the rear of the engine.

03typeS6spd

I hear the noise at all speeds, but mostly when the chassis is under stress of some kind, i looked all around the sways and mounts as this is what i originally thought it was, but that all looked fine...

I guess i could take it in to the dealer but I have had bad problems with them in the past one really simple stuff so I was trying to avoid it...

ChadT

Do you have an aftermarket strut tie bar? I've heard of the Neuspeed one causing a noise similar to what you are describing.

03typeS6spd

no i dont, just the ground control coilovers, koni yellows, and comptech sways

although i had the coilovers set fairly low... lower than the comptech drop, about one finger gap in the front

EricL

Can you bounce the car?

Can you get someone to push hard on each corner of the car to see if you get any noise from the shocks?

It was a long time ago, but one of my very old Konis was having some trouble and would make this god-awful clunk over certain bumps and the noise would “travel.”

If the car was set really low, you could possibly bottom the Koni's shaft and have some trouble there.

Check out the following:

http://www.prostreetonline.com/pso/p...oni_shocks.asp

AND

KONI Tech Line: Call 606-586-4100 or e-mail info@KONI-na.com. Technical Questions can be answered 8-5 EST M-F.


I don't know about any of this for sure .. but, it would be one more thing to check.

03typeS6spd

hmm... thanks, that does sound like a strong possibility, but would it have possibly made a popping sound or busting... can't describe it... but it creaks something horrible, it does sound like its coming from the middle/right side of the car though, i guess it could reverberate through the wheel well


but now that i reread, shit i didnt reinstall the bump stops as i didnt want to cut them off of the stock shocks... i am gonna have to try pushing on the shock tomorrow, i had to garage it (not at my condo) it to get it off of the road and i havent pulled it back out yet...


once again thanks for the help

03typeS6spd

well it appears ericL was correct, pushing hard on the front right corner produces similar squeaking to what i hear while driving the car

i adjusted the coilovers to raise the car back up to a respectable level and that curbed the noise quite a bit, but I am sure that the front right shock is not functioning correctly...

it looks like i am gonna have to sell the suspension setup as I can't handle driving around on dc/nova's crappy roads with that setup and keep my spine intact (especially with a much better handling car in the garage that i couldn't replicate on the cl for any amount of $) and a lesson to install bump stops no matter what

consider it an official feeler for ground control coilovers (with or without 3 koni yellows)