63nova

Hello, new guy here. So my mom just gave me her car with 240k on it. It has a little vibration in park and after coming to a stop but drives and sounds ok at speed. I was thinking Motor mounts might be bad, looking at the engine with someone reving the engine it looks like it rolls a little more than it should.
So my question, shoud i replace the mounts?
should i change tranny and engine fluids/filters (there due)
or just drive her till she dies?

Plutoe

Who's going to pay for the maintenance costs you or Mom?

63nova

Myself....DIY

Plutoe

That being the case and the car aint cheap to maintain, that being the case-------run it till it dies!!

ohlord

you are looking at under $400 to replace mounts,change trans fluid and oils.Your upside is a nice running E430 with a robust engine that could easily last over another 100K miles or more. Down side is listen to more of Plutoes inane advice and drive it till it dies shortly.
Take your pick a $400 simple maintenance or take the dumb way out.
If $400 is not cheap to maintain you are asking the wrong guy for advice. I.e. Plutoe as usual.
Word to the wise,Merry Christmas to all.

63nova

Thanks ohlord for the realistic advice. I ordered the trans kit, dipstick and oil filter from autohaus. i could not find the motormounts, where is the best place to get these? I also read the DIY threads over on Benzworld.org for all of these procedres. Good stuff on here, thanks guys for the help

Also, FYI, The car is for my daughter who is turning 16 soon, so I am not a youngster who's mom pays for mantinance

Fabio D

Ohlord good to see you again in our forum mate!! Merry Christmas to you too friend! and 1+ for your good maintenance advice!

Fabio Daniel

illest

Happy Holidays to you too Ohlord.

Vander

Well then definitely take care of the easy/ big items. You want your daughter to be safe, and not stranded on the side of the road somewhere.