Check your E39 mounts!

[BMW]

APPLIES TO ALL E38 7-SERIES AND E39 5-SERIES OR M60-M62 MOTORS

About 5-months ago when I had my 01' E38 740iL, I had a small power steering leak. I heard its terrible on rubber. I traced it down and saw it was on the mounts a bit. Around the same time I did a muffler delete and was hearing some weird grinding noises. So I did a test:

Start car > Put in Drive > DSC ON > Hold foot on Brake and Give it Gas.

** Watch the motor from seat, hood up. Or have someone watch the motor if you cant see it. If the mounts are going bad, it'll lift from driver side a bit. If the mounts were like mine, the motor will literally lift out and belt driven fan grind on fan shroud. Once I saw this, mounts were ordered. The thing is, the mounts were bad but I could not tell from driving, idle, or anything. Only gain was torque feeling after the mounts were put in. Heres a pic of what my mounts looked like:

http://i938.photobucket.com/albums/ad226/Audi42LV8/2010-12-28151239.jpghttp://i938.photobucket.com/albums/ad226/Audi42LV8/2010-12-28151253.jpghttp://i938.photobucket.com/albums/ad226/Audi42LV8/2010-12-28151247.jpg

[united2512002]

Im going to have to check mine now. Good post !!!!!

[E46transforM3r]

Thanks for the heads up sir :thumbsup:

[Sir Marcus E39]

:eek: DAMN! gotta check mine out to be safe...

[BMW]

Noo problem. Like I said, I gained the feel of torque since it didn't waste twisting out lol but yeah I was amazed how I didnt notice it at all. No thump on braking or accel.

[RicHarD.]

i think i might need to replace these soon with my control arms..