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Snap. Mine bedded in after about 3-4 days. Ok now . Fitted mine to stop engine movement. D/P touching bulkhead. Still touching though. Doh !
Chris.
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Sorry for the length of this..
My engine still moves after fitting the Powerflex busher, basically I still get the odd grind from 2nd to 3rd but the most annoying thing is if in 3rd or 5th with my hand on the gear stick if I press the accelerator the gear stick moves back slightly and I can feel the bump of whatever is hitting what through the gear stick, if I am rough with the accelerator or dipping the clutch, I can clearly hear the noise of whatever is hitting what (noise occurs same time as I feel the bump through gear stick)
My guess is that it is the engine moving back which is causing the transmission to move hence the gear stick moving? the noise I expect is the also the engine moving back and down pipe hitting the bulkhead?
I thought the DBM busher would have made this better and it did for all of a few days (may have been better just in my head though) so I took it into Audi and a Senior Tech (well he was in his 40's) took the car out and drove it, he managed to replicate exactly what I was getting (apart from the bump through the gear stick as this was not happening then) but said this was normal and all of the S3's did it ! so that is when I took maters into my own hands and went down the Powerflex route.
It has however got worse since Audi drove it and the movement has started to make the car frog at low speeds, even with my foot in a consistent depression on the accelerator, this again leads me to believe the engine is moving back and forth, so I have two options.
1. remove the whole Dog Bone mount and replace with one of these
EIP 1.8T Transmount £85.00 in Blue or Silver
This is a brand new modification for the VW MK4, Audi S3, VR6, R32 and 4-cylinder equipped vehicles. This center/rear lower mount decreases motor rocking incredibly, instantly you will feel more power to the ground. The EIP motor mount does not use hard polyurethane found in most other mounts. Because of this, little to no additional vibration will be felt when using our mount.
Or
2. Take it back to Audi and get them to look again at all engine mountings (think there are another 2 as well as the DBM) and see what they have to say now the bump can be felt through the transmission clearer.
What do you all recon, I am thinking number 2 first then if no joy number 1?
As for the vibration increase, mine was slight but it has either gone now or I don't notice it any more.