1996-1998 Elantras

ILL_ANTRA · 06-21-2005, 09:42 AM

Anyone have motor mount issues with cars during these years... I think mine are shot cause the car rattles like crazy when im at a light... steering wheel vibrates so much it like im getting a hand massage...?? anyone else get this?? are motor mounts realatively easy to swap??

Kemper · 06-21-2005, 08:37 PM

Some of them (lower ones) you can swap yourself with a couple of handtools. Others you either need someone to help you move the engine around or jack it up.

Some folks do this stuff instead of replacing: http://www.mikekemper.com/elantra/mounts/index.html

And I haven't noticed any problems with my mounts... yet!

ILL_ANTRA · 06-23-2005, 09:52 AM

How about egnine noise....i get a loud ticking sound coming from the motor all the time?? anyone else??

furochan · 06-23-2005, 03:26 PM

Is the noise coming from under the top of your engine? If so, it might be stickey-ish HLA's.

If it's coming from somewhere between the engine and the intake manifold, then it's just loud fuel injectors.

People have fixed the HLA problem by using an engine oil de-gunking additive before changing their oil.

Kemper · 06-23-2005, 04:13 PM

Do you know any of those additives by name? Might be time for me to use some, too!

faithofadragon · 06-23-2005, 05:16 PM

do a engine flush using gunk engine flush

then do a seafoam treatment

my hla's are shot but it reduced the noise ALOT

Kemper · 06-23-2005, 06:45 PM

I'll give it a go!

furochan · 06-24-2005, 02:21 AM

What he said. I used 'gunk' brand engine flush. Stuff smells nasty, but it mostly works. Try not to get it on your hands, as it says some pretty bad stuff on the can about what it can do to you. ^^;

It's a fluid, so you might want a funnel to pour it in; I wound up with it sloshing off the side of the can at one point. -.-

I switched to a semi-synthetic also, and that seems to have helped with the nose a bit.