Thread: Park to reverse thunk, which mounts? (video)

The lower motor mount has to be bad, judging by the amount of movement. You checked the drivers side lower mount, which is the trans mount and usually lasts longer. The passenger side motor mounts are known to fail after only about 120k miles. They also cause vibration. Check that one out, I can almost guarantee it's totally destroyed like this



The amount of movement in the upper mount (in the video) is normal when the entire motor shifts in the engine bay, but I suggest flipping them since that's just as good as buying a new mount.

What a bad motor mount will look like. The motor is about 2 inches lower than it should be, and moves when shifting.


The new one is at the correct height and solved the clunk and the vibration issue.

You can flip the dogbone mounts and it may help a little, but it won't do much. The mount really needs to be replaced, it looks pretty wasted. That fluid may be from the mount. I bet if you had someone record that area from above the engine bay you would see the engine moving right at the mount.

time to change the motor mount and the tranny mount, very easy to change. flip the dog bone bushing too.

if you watch the engine when it shifts id bet its twisting a bit in the bay, watch the dog bones, they show the twist when it happens.

my old motor mount. same as above, shot to hell. see the bar that bolts to the engine, its slides, catches the other bar and makes that clunk sound and it lets the engine move some.

when the car is cold the idle is at 1000 rpm's or up to 1200. so its gonna hit a bit harder when cold.

pop the hood, watch your engine when shifting it in and out of gear. if its moving a lot the lower mounts are shot.