306DT engine mounting

solara · Post by **solara** » 02 Sep 2005, 18:33

My 306XTDT 1993 with 140,000 miles has started to rattle the body on start-up. Also occasionally on idle, I can feel the vibration. I notice that the rubber bungs on the engine mounting (timing belt side) are worn. Stuffing bits of rubber in the worn area has eliminated the start up rattle, and reduced engine vibration at idle. So it looks like this mounting is worn and need replacing.
Does the timing belt need to come off , or can I do this by supporting the engine weight, pulling off the bracket, swapping rubber mountings and re-fitting?

bad driver · Post by **bad driver** » 04 Sep 2005, 19:23

support the engine and its an easy enough swap, if you can try to support the engine in a mannr to avoid it tilting as well, they tend to swing out of place with the upper mount removed. If you really want to eliminate this problm get th group N mounts for a gti6 or MI16 engine.