# New Motor Mounts, Does This Look Right? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** motor-mounts, mazda, 626\ **Created:** [August 20, 2018, 2:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-motor-mounts-does-this-look-right/123274 "2018-08-20T02:28:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![djxpress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@djxpress](https://community.cartalk.com/u/djxpress)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2018, 2:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-motor-mounts-does-this-look-right/123274/1 "2018-08-20T02:28:31Z")
I just had the motor mounts replaced on my 1999 Mazda 626. Does the rubber on these look old? These were supposed to be new, should I be alarmed? ![2](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/e/e83c3ff7272a43e5315df1341c6b81f0da65e642.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2018, 2:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-motor-mounts-does-this-look-right/123274/2 "2018-08-20T02:31:07Z")
All I have to offer is ask the place that did the work and look at your invoice and see it you were charged for hoses. ---
**Author:** ![djxpress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@djxpress](https://community.cartalk.com/u/djxpress)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2018, 2:32am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-motor-mounts-does-this-look-right/123274/3 "2018-08-20T02:32:30Z")
why hoses? They didn’t charge me for hoses. I’m referring to my motor mounts. ---
**Author:** ![Rod-Knox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Rod-Knox](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rod-Knox)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2018, 2:35am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-motor-mounts-does-this-look-right/123274/4 "2018-08-20T02:35:55Z")
I checked after market listings and they show replacing the entire mount but I recall long ago getting Mazda mounts from the dealer and the press in center was all that was replaced. Does the rubber look new? ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2018, 2:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-motor-mounts-does-this-look-right/123274/5 "2018-08-20T02:36:36Z")
The hoses and wires are the only thing in the pictures that jump out and I thought your reference to new rubber meant them . My mistake but I repeat ask the place that did the work you paid for. ---
**Author:** ![djxpress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@djxpress](https://community.cartalk.com/u/djxpress)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2018, 2:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-motor-mounts-does-this-look-right/123274/6 "2018-08-20T02:37:58Z")
it’s shown in the photos I attached to my original post ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2018, 2:42am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-motor-mounts-does-this-look-right/123274/7 "2018-08-20T02:42:19Z")
The cracking and peeling on the engine mounts is a film on the rubber, probably a mold release coating or black paint. ---
**Author:** ![djxpress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@djxpress](https://community.cartalk.com/u/djxpress)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2018, 2:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-motor-mounts-does-this-look-right/123274/8 "2018-08-20T02:44:11Z")
Ok thanks, it looks like a coating that is just cracking, the rubber looks good underneath ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2018, 2:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-motor-mounts-does-this-look-right/123274/9 "2018-08-20T02:45:01Z")
Here’s what a new motor mount looks like. ![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/9/9b57162ee77c680070107aca054104236fee18da.jpeg) That’s not a new motor mount. Even the threads on the bolt still have corrosion on it. Tester ---
**Author:** ![djxpress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@djxpress](https://community.cartalk.com/u/djxpress)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2018, 2:49am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-motor-mounts-does-this-look-right/123274/10 "2018-08-20T02:49:11Z")
They probably used the old bolts, as motor mounts don’t come with new bolts ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2018, 2:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-motor-mounts-does-this-look-right/123274/11 "2018-08-20T02:50:33Z")
Removing the nut would remove corrosion from the threads. Tester ---
**Author:** ![asemaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@asemaster](https://community.cartalk.com/u/asemaster)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2018, 3:30am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-motor-mounts-does-this-look-right/123274/12 "2018-08-20T03:30:15Z")
The mounts in your photo look new to me. ---
**Author:** ![pleasedodgevan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ad7895/32.png) [@pleasedodgevan2](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pleasedodgevan2)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2018, 4:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-motor-mounts-does-this-look-right/123274/13 "2018-08-20T04:56:50Z")
I have seen the cracking on the surface on new motor mounts. They both look new. ---
**Author:** ![JoeMario](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@JoeMario](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JoeMario)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2018, 12:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/new-motor-mounts-does-this-look-right/123274/14 "2018-08-20T12:17:18Z")
@djxpress When I expand the photo you provided to look closely at the mounts, they look new to me.