Three Saturdays ago, I noticed a large puddle of reddish brown fluid under my engine, hadn't driven the car for several days. Thought it was either tranny or steering fluid, but it felt different, kind of sticky, and it looked like it was drying up.

Called my indie who diagnosed it as leaking engine mount(s) and said to take it to the dealer as the engine would need to come out to fix things. Took the car in to my dealer, they agreed and replaced both engine mounts, tranny mount, and also a leaking tranny park pawl, all under warranty. Took them 11 days to get the car back to me!

Engine and tranny were out, my SA showed me a picture of my engine out of the car, he is going to email it to me.

Good news is that, in addition to new "improved design" mounts I pretty much got everything serviced for free, A/C charge, oil change, new coolant, new I/C system coolant, new ABC fluid and system bled, new brake fluid and system bled, new tranny fluid and filter, and alignment (to my specs). I of course paid for my deductable, the oil filter, tranny filter, and the tranny electrical connector known to leak. Total tab was outrageous.

Got the car back Friday, it drives perfectly, dealer did an outstanding job.

 

Good lord. I'd love to have seen the face of the rep who processed your warranty claim.

 

Where was it leaking onto? My car has a small leak that's accumulating under the AC compressor. Its yellow/brown and also a bit sticky. Took it to the dealer. The SA says it is the tandem pump. They're gong to swap it out Thursday. Cars under factory warranty.

 

The fluid leaked directly from the cracked drivers side engine mount down to the under engine/tranny pans, then down to the ground via the drain holes in the pans. The inside of the pans were pretty well soaked with the stuff. Amazing just how much fluid that mount held!

Quite a bit of fluid had also run back under the side underbody pans, almost back to the rear wheels, from driving the car.

The dealer cleaned everything up beautifully when I got the car back. No evidence of any fluid anywhere.

 

Sorry to resurrect this old thread but why did they replace your brake fluid?? And charge your A/C?? For engine mounts?? I've got to get mine replaced and happened across this thread. Just found another one where some guy got an alignment when his mounts were replaced, I am still trying to figure that out.

 

because they pulled the engine out ... it is the easiest way if you have the knowledge, equipment and are getting paid for the time spent

otherwise little mischievous fingers and patience of steel are required to squeeze the engine mounts in and out with only a couple inches of engine lift while still in the car

 

Ohh ok, you had those services performed, it wasn't part of the engine mount swap. I was confused for a second.

 

A pic speaks for itself.

Enclosed pic is of my engine out of the car. A/C compressor stayed with the engine, and front brakes came off with the subframe. None of this would be necessary to replace mounts on an E63, much easier job.

 

WOW.