View Full Version : a q to ever changed the motormounts (535i)


ceedee
12-19-2007, 02:52 PM
the bolts and all are really easy to get off.
but then the funky thing comes. how did you get the old mount out from the driver side. and even better yet. how did you get the new one in?
IT WAS A BITCH to get mine past the hoses of the power steering pump. and sort of in place. i tried everything from raising and lowering the engine to the italian screw driver :mad. in the end i got it in.
but that left me wondering... it took me an hour and a half to get the job done. not like 45 min.,as in the walk-through. so how did you guys do it?
guess i could be a great dealership mechanic lol.

Turbo Charg Dynam
12-19-2007, 03:31 PM
Jack the motor up, way up!

ceedee
12-19-2007, 04:00 PM
Jack the motor up, way up!
i didn't know how much i can jack the engine up. cuz when i did it it felt like the whole car started to lift. :eek:
and then i stopped when the right mount ripped in half.
they said in the walk-through to do one mount and then the other. so i losened the bolts but kept then on a few threads

Binjammin
12-19-2007, 11:38 PM
Remove the bolts from both mounts. Unbolt the coolant expansion tank and set it aside. Jack the holy hell out of the engine, with both mounts unbolted it should get high enough to just pull the driver's side out the back.