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Originally Posted by Chuck.H View Post
FYI, regarding the rear engine support bar, Porsche has a tech bulletin that says after installing the engine, loosen the four bolts that hold the mount to the engine, presumably to take any 'wind-up' out of the mounts, and then re-tighten them. Sounds like a good idea, but I always forget to do it :-)

Chuck.H
'89 TurboLookTarga, 340k miles
That's really interesting - that's why I mentioned the fact that perhaps my installation had something to do with it originally - even though the old mounts were sagged after a year and a half and 3000 miles, it's hard to see that they would cause such havoc all by themselves. I'm actually worried that after a short time the new mounts are going to do the same thing!

I was thinking of loosening then tightening all four mount bolts (2 at the trans end, 2 at the support bar) and re-tightening them, but will add the 4 bolts at the engine mount to my list. Presumably the TSB was in relation to a NVH issue?
Old 10-03-2012, 05:48 AM
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