What constitutes a bad engine mount?

[Jake Raby]

The engine mount is opposite the end of the engine that houses the IMS bearing..

No need to do both of them at once unless you want to...

Drive that car.

[sd_boxster]

Significant fore/aft movement of the shifter when it's in gear depending on whether you're accelerating or not is in my opinion an indicator of a bad mount.

Accelerate to 50 or 60, leaving the car in third gear, foot off the clutch. With your hand resting on the shifter, depress the accelerator (a good amount - say 80%), then roll back off the gas. Repeat a few times.

On my (bad) OEM mount, the shifter would move fore and aft a significant amount, but I initially chalked it up as a Boxster idiosyncrasy.

Since replacing with the Pedro mount, there is absolutely no perceptible movement.

[jwade]

Originally Posted by Jake Raby

The engine mount is opposite the end of the engine that houses the IMS bearing..

No need to do both of them at once unless you want to...

Drive that car.

Really wish I had more time too drive it. The world of architecture keeps me busy. Add family on top of that and its really hard. Wife wants me to get a 911 to "share" more family time with my two daughters... I will eventually but want to keep the 986 as i just love the design.

[Bladecutter]

Originally Posted by Jake Raby

Drive that car.

+1.

Seriously, drive that car!
An '01 with 18k miles on it?
Get in it and drive.

BC.

[navair]

Also an increasingly obvious resonant vibe as you decelerate through 3000 rpm-that's what mine exhibited, and was completely torn when yanked at 45K.