I have a busted driver side motor mount which splattered the fluid inside it all over the engine bay. Whatever it touched, it permanently stained it. The oily substance eats into whatever it comes in contact with. It will not come off even with Simple Green and scrub pads.

Exactly what type of fluid is this?








Modified by Draggin99Si at 4:17 AM 1/11/2006

 

Gross, it won't come off at all?

 

Nope, won't come off at all. The underside of my hood also got splattered with this junk. It is like permanent marker....... once it's on, it's on there forever.

 

Try break cleaner?

 

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Brake cleaner works wonders.... did you fix the broken mount?

Litterbox, what happen to your posts? And your avatar?

 

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I temporarily stored them in your moms box.

They'll be back soon.

 

hmm.. that doesnt happen too often.....

 

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Whatever you say.

/end threadjack

 

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The rubber part ruptured which caused the fluid to splatter. I thought it was composed of solid rubber. I never knew it was liquid filled. I'll be replacing the whole mount soon.

 

The mount is filled with anti-freeze/water. It's a fluid filled mount and when they bust the fluid which has rusted over time, will splatter all over. Good luck getting it off, the underside of the hood and engine bay is not clear coated and the paint will come off with any real harsh chemical.

 

welcome to the club - driving around with a stained white hood since 2001.

 

Gross, that's a nice little tidbit of info to know.

*note to self to keep an eye on motor mounts

 

it wont come off!!!!!!!!!!!! been there.

 

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2004 here..

 

First time I broke one, I thought I had blown a HG, looking everywhere for the leak smelling the antifreeze and seeing the splatter but the exhaust was good and no smoke lol. Took me like 30 minutes to figure out what happened, stressed the hell out of me.

 

i'm going to go check my mounts now

 

what car does this mount come in? i know my moms crv has it but thats all

 

hmm... not trying to thread jack or anything, but i does anyone know why honda would put anti-freeze/water in a motor mount??

 

So it will still absorb vibration when it's below freezing out.

 

so what are some of the early signs of this? There a mileage interval? Wanna keep the engine bay fresh and clean clean

 

mine went when i had a b16 swapped in my 96 coupe - i believe they use the same driver's side mount. must have been all that extra torque.

since replaced with a hasport replacement mount.

 

^^^hasport adds a nice touch

 

It's almost worth the extra cash to replace em with Hasport ot the like, regardless if you swapped or not....I feel for you thou

 

How much is the Hasport mount?

 

I'm gonna go spray some clear coat on the underside of my hood.