Engine Mount Test

Car is a 2001 VW New Beetle...1.8t (AWV) and a 5-speed O2J EGX.

Is this too much engine movement? I'm trying to diagnose a scraping sound on decceleration, its fine on acceleration but a metal-metal scraping sound happens when I let up or brake. It's still there with the clutch in though, which confuses me...

The things moving from engine to wheel that immediately come to mind are:

Engine - nope, this is fine
Clutch/bearings - This could be it...but it still makes the onise when the clutch is in...so no? However, the bumpy feeling in the clutch pedal is only there under load and is opposite of the noise.
Differential - this could be it, but still isn't under load with the clutch in.
CV axles - Not a typical CV noise and boots are fine
Wheel bearing - no play in wheels
Brake disc - noise is constant with or without brakes.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• VW
• motor
• mount
• new
• beetle
• 1.8t
• volkswagen
• bug
• engine
• transmission
• noise
• scrape

[NikeBlazer623]

gay starter....

[andyass3]

@melyssa217 Nothing to worry about than, i would just leave the noise until your starter eventually does go out. Beetles are somewhat hard to work on because of the small engine compartment and because German cars are usually very advanced in design. The part about something else going wrong is like any car I have ever heard of though, so just bear with it as thats the way they go. In kung foo movies im starting to understand how possessions weigh us down, at least with money to back them up.

[1dirosa1]

w.e man its just a starter but u do wana fix ur mounts i prefer aftermarket performance mounts they are allmost garentee not to fail if u find a good one for ur car,, if u have an engine lift.. like it remove old mount and replace! there should b 3 mounts on ur car cause i have done this on myne but its a mazda 3 I LOVE LITTLE ENGINS! 4 bangers:)

[mudslider20]

You probably found out by now but that starter noise is very common. It will not fail, just annoying. You can remove it and grease the bearings inside the starter to provide a temp fix. Should take a few hours if you have not done it before.

[zloben9000]

kauf sich nen toyota mann ... VW ist scheii....

[MEXICOTVE]

ESO ES LOS SOPORTES DEL MOTOR YO REPARE EL MISMO PROBLEMA TRES SOPORTES 540 DOLLARES CON EL TRABAJO

[hgortermarof]

it looks so awesome wow how did you tune your engine to do that?

ah I see I can read the word TURBO thats the crazy bastard who did it

[melyssa217]

@andyass3 thanks for your help i appreciate it :))

[melyssa217]

@andyass3 it only does it at start up, and there's times when it doesnt even make the noise. i love my beetle but its so hard to work on, every i fix it something else goes wrong. :/

[andyass3]

@melyssa217 I have thought about it some more... To be more thorough, if it happens only on start-up(just after you finish turning the key) and not when you shut the car down after; than its the bearing in the starter motor thats lost grease. I would leave this until the starter eventually does go bad as the bearings only running for starting up the car. If it does it when shutting down too, than its an idler pulley bearing which my previous post was correct. Rockauto.com is great 4 cheap parts