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Originally Posted by NoCalMer
I think it says something about supporting the motor and replacing the engine mounts at the same time in the manual. Why do they change the mounts at the same time? Do you need to support the motor while changing them out?
Besides damaging the nuts on the oil cooler I don't see any reason why it should be hard but interested on hearing more from personal experience. It seems like a lot of things on here people exaggerate how hard/long the job will take like R&R the starter. Mine are oil lines are currently sweating so plan on doing it on the next oil change.
I like charmalu's advice about cutting the hoses and pulling the cooler out to remove the nuts. I plan to hit my oil cooler nuts good with some PB blaster every week for a couple of weeks before I do the job.
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It is hard to judge what might turn into a hard job for someone else as people have different levels of skill and experience as well as equipment.
The next issue is simply one of situation. The Oil Cooler Line Nuts on
some Oil Coolers are going to be Corroded on and with the excepiton of cutting th Nuts off as one member suggested are going to damage the Aluminum Nipples on the Oil Cooler when the Nuts are turned.
So it is better to warn someone that this can happen so that they can plan for the worst. Meaning if it is your only transportation it gives you a chance to plan to have a ride to work or school and so on.
One of the issues concerning the Motor Mount on the Oil Cooler Line side is that if it collaspes enough in some cases the Power Steering Belt cuts through the Oil Cooler Hose.
It is sort of a situation where an expensive New Hose verses the cost of a $20 something Motor Mount and the fact that in changing Oil Cooler Hoses you have already done part of the work you would have had to do to change the Motor Mount.