Our Fusion has a bad motor mount on the passenger's side. It's a hydraulic mount, and looks like this...
The OEM mount went bad in about 6 years and 70,000 miles. I am replacing it with an aftermarket Anchor branded mount. Yes, I know I'm a bad person for buying an aftermarket mount. But the OEM mount didn't last long, so the aftermarket stuff can't be that bad, and I've successfully used this brand in the past.
But what I'm really looking to do it make this replacement mount bulletproof. This is a common failure point on these cars, and I don't want to spend almost $200 on an aftermarket poly performance mount. So here's the plan... the mount in question is indeed a hydraulic mount. It has a sealed 'bladder' that limits movement, as I understand it. But if you look at the picture, there is a small air void in the top of the mount that goes down a little ways; it's bigger than it looks. I was thinking of filling this with some polyurethane (Loctite construction adhesive, about $5. Google it). I'm thinking that this could prevent the rubber portion of the mount from moving excessively and tearing prematurely, like the OEM mount did. It certainly can't hurt anything. I'm not really worried about excess vibration. I'm more concerned about the mount being solid and not flopping around like a fish out of water.
The OEM mount went bad in about 6 years and 70,000 miles. I am replacing it with an aftermarket Anchor branded mount. Yes, I know I'm a bad person for buying an aftermarket mount. But the OEM mount didn't last long, so the aftermarket stuff can't be that bad, and I've successfully used this brand in the past.
But what I'm really looking to do it make this replacement mount bulletproof. This is a common failure point on these cars, and I don't want to spend almost $200 on an aftermarket poly performance mount. So here's the plan... the mount in question is indeed a hydraulic mount. It has a sealed 'bladder' that limits movement, as I understand it. But if you look at the picture, there is a small air void in the top of the mount that goes down a little ways; it's bigger than it looks. I was thinking of filling this with some polyurethane (Loctite construction adhesive, about $5. Google it). I'm thinking that this could prevent the rubber portion of the mount from moving excessively and tearing prematurely, like the OEM mount did. It certainly can't hurt anything. I'm not really worried about excess vibration. I'm more concerned about the mount being solid and not flopping around like a fish out of water.