Hello Everyone. My wife has a 1994 SE with the 3.1 litre engine. It has 82,000 miles and has pretty much been a daily driver since 1996 - but not very far. It has always been a dependable car. I am responsible for the maintenance. I was driving it recently on an errand about forty miles roundtrip. On slowing down to exit the highway it felt as though I had blown a tire. It was not. It was night and I was only a few miles from home so I limped it home thinking perhaps I was losing a CV joint. I took it to a major service chain and they diagnosed two broken motor mounts - the top front two. When I picked it up it was still driving weird so I took it back and they found the lower motor mount also broken. They replaced that one and although the car seems to drive well it has a high pitched whine which sounds like a transmission whine. The mechanics then told me that it was my AC compressor making the noise. Just on a whim I checked the air - not working. I recharged the AC today and thought I had found the noise as the compressor quieted down considerably. As soon as I moved the car the sound returned. As tight as the motor compartment on this car is I am concerned that something was crushed between the motor and the frame - possibly transmission cooler lines? Anyone have any experience with this situation or have enough knowledge of what would be crushed in that situation? Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
