Hello guys,
I was out for a fall drive today and noticed when I was in Sport mode and during hard accelerating, every time I took my foot off the accelerator quickly I felt a clunk (felt like the engine or tranny was moving). I tried replicating this with the Sport button off and it did not happen.
If anyone has experienced with this I would like to hear what your diagnosis was. Motor and tranny mounts are original, it's an
06 cayman s
and has 23500 miles.
Thanks,
Chris651
I would start by checking the CV joints. Not sure why you wouldn't get the clunk with Sport mode off, though, unless you weren't revving as high.
The other culprit might be the motor mount bushing. Even though you have low mileage the rubber bushing may have failed due to age. You can buy the bushing separately and using a press install it. I show how to do it here
Sport Engine Mount - Articles
.
Rob
Sounds like you need to spend a bit of money to replace the engine mount. It is expected as a wear and tear item after all. I suppose
Porsche
designed it with that in mind.
It seems like it's a little less common in other cars, as
BMW
owners etc tend to find it ridiculous that engine mounts need replacement for a relatively new car. But then, to be fair, our engine mounts are just a little over 100 dollars for parts only. Generally doesn't take much time to replace either. I'm getting mine replaced in two weeks as well. FYI my car is a 2008 car with just over 35000km on the odometer, but I sit in traffic a lot and do drive on pretty bumpy roads here.
Either case, have your mechanic check to see if that's the reason. Otherwise control arms are usually another source of common clunks/rattles.
Appreciate your responses, I'll be changing the oil, washing and waxing
next
week and putting her in the garage for the winter. I'll add motor mount and cv joint check to the list of things to do. Positive side I'll be spending more time in my favourite room of the house. I'll keep you posted on my findings. Rob, thanks for the motor mount post.
Sorry for the late response with the clunking noise I heard when giving gas in sport mode; with our short summers I was to busy driving the car lol. I replaced the motor mount the old one wasn't torn but the rubber had tiny cracks in it. When I dropped the tranny to remove the IMS seal I noticed the flywheel had excessive play beyond the recommended specs so I replaced it with a dual mass Luk. I'm not sure if it was the mount or the flywheel, I'm leaning towards the flywheel but no more clunk, just happy driving
Glad to hear you solved the clunk.
Glad you fixed it!
It's weird, I know this isn't about the clutch ... but ... I feel that based on what I have heard so far (at least locally), these cars' flywheel don't tend to last that long. The flywheel pretty much gotta go in every clutch change.
This is a very noob question so sorry in advance. I have the same clunk but mine is a
PDK
. Do I have a flywheel or this is just in the manual. I have low miles but I live in florida and the car is 2009
boxster
.
Thanks
