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I have an 06 LX 4cyl 58k mi. The rattle sounds like metal to metal like a drum roll. Sometimes all is good but sometimes its worse. This happens sometimes when i brake. It also happens when i park my car on a decline (my driveway) in D or R and my ebrake on. i pop the hood and my engine is shaking quite a bit. once i put it back in N or P it seems fine. I have recently changed (after the fact) my oil, spark plugs, transmission fluid, and air filter. my idle seems stable and car runs smooth while driving normally. any help is much appreciated.

Anthony

I could be a mount. You might not notice the rattle when your driving because of road nose. I have about 88k on my V6 and I've had a pair of mounts fixed/replaced.

It does sound like a motor mount

Look for fluid on or around your mounts. Like the consensus has already said, you have one or two bad mounts.

Mine never leaked any fluid. I know its one of the symptoms but, mine were ripped up pretty bad and didn't leak.

I had one go bad in the tsx, never leaked but stuff rattled pretty good

May have leaked all the fluid out by the time you guys looked at them. Then again, not all of the mounts have damping oil in them. Who knows.

i just replaced the rear mount on my i4 also because of the shaking on D... if you feel the dash shacking alot it maybe your rear mount thats bad..

They were still full homie.

sounds good... i shall look more into getting new mounts. ill check back with you all later. any tips or links on changing mounts?

Contact NVA-AV6 he can hook you up. He "repaired" one of mine, and saved me a ton of money

Well then. I've never had one go out on me (knock on wood) and I wasn't there when yours went out. I'm just going by what's been told to others.

One the J30 ones any way there is a dust boot on the top which may contribute to keeping the fluid inside. Mine were in two pieces lol

Two piece mounts FTW! ???

yeah thats how all my mounts were...in two peices FTL!!!

When you see them broken the internal design of them is actually pretty lame.

Most mounts are. The mounts on my DA had busted and I ended up doing the DIY poly filled mounts. Meant a bit of cabin vibrations but it certainly made the daily drive more fun.

the motor mounts are covered under powertrain warranty!!!! im at the dealership now...

That's a bit of good news!

Very good news.

Did they take care of you? was it the mounts?

 :'( we could not replicate the noise.... lame. it never works when you show someone else WTF. but it is confirmed that the mounts ARE covered (we scanned the parts) and also i got a FREE car wash. i guess ill have to go back in a few days when it happens again.

Bummer.

Why not just have them replace the mounts anyway? If they want a satisfied, return customer, this would be one of those instances. Just sayin'.

That's not now Honda dealerships work.

I know but it always seems that when there's a problem, the problem can't be replicated when brought to the dealer or otherwise.

That's why I drive the fucking car with the tech in it. 

Are there anynother symptoms to broken engine mounts? My engine seems to idle abit rougher then before (ie. When it had under 100k.) rpms dont jump or nothing. I can just feel the engine more

Feeling the engine more is the opposite. Generally when a mount is broken you feel the engine less at idle, and it will "bang" when you take off.

Oh really? Thanks mike. I had no clue b4

Think of it this way. With a broken mount the engine is going to be sort of disconnected from the frame. At idle the weight of the engine should hold it relatively still. When it would be felt the most is when you first accelerate, or when you car shifts(times when the engine has the most load). To be honest I had two broken mounts, and never noticed. Now that they are fixed I constantly feel like my car is shifting wrong or running wrong because I’m still not used to actually feeling it with good mounts.