I picked up the new engine mount this morning for the passenger side at GSF the guy on the desk is an ex vw mechanic and he said the bolts on the mount are one time use only so I would have to order new bolts from vw before I fit it ?
Is this right ? or would it be ok to use the old bolts. If not whats the reason ? didn;t get a chance to ask as there was a big que behind me.
Vw quoted me for the bolts at £20.95 for all of them. wowser!!
Certainly the bolts at the cambelt end are stretch bolts and should only be used once. There have been a few occurrences of them dropping out or shearing otherwise, with disasterous results. I'm not sure about the gearbox (passenger for RHD) end. Personally, I'd get them.
I think the error on the side of caution I'll give the parts bods at vw a call for them.
Top man chris
It varies, but most VW one use bolts have threadlok compound on them, if= =
they're not angle tightened then just clean the oldones & apply thread =
lock, not studlock. If they're 3 stage angle tightened stretch bolts then buy new ones.
That seems very strange for something like an engine mount. Usually only on highly stressed things where weight/size matters.
not un-common, renault engine mountings are the same.
Bollocks. There's no reason something like an engine mounting bolt needs to be replaced every time it's used. Another bloody con to extract more money out of you.
What's the tightening torque?
I didn't bother, the bolts were in good nick, torqued them up again, no problems.
Z
Mine was the cam belt side BTW, the gearbox side might be different.
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