Noticed my fan was hitting the bottom of the shroud

[TerryMason]

Jeep sounded pretty nasty, and it kept getting worse. I eventually noticed that the fan was making contact with the plastic shroud. I spent some time planning out how to lower the shroud, before I finally thought "why did the fan move"? It turns out that my 11 year old engine mounts had finally given out. About $35 later, I've got new rubber bushings for my Brown Dog mounts, and I'm back in business.

 

[TerryMason]

A bit hard to notice how worn out they are while in the Jeep, but easy to tell once removed. The passenger side was much worse than the drivers.










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[JPNinPA]

Before the fan hitting didn’t you notice any hood or front end torque when you stepped on it?

Long ago we had a Pontiac 440 with a bad engine mount. Just tapping the gas in park would torque the front end.



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[TerryMason]

I thought that was just raw Chrysler power!

Truth be told, I filled up my Jeep for the first time in 2 months this week. I just haven't been putting the miles on it. It's easy to miss things like this when you don't drive it too often.

 

[superj]

man, those mounts are sagging bad. imagine if you had the stock mounts in, that engine would have been banging the oil filter on stuff

 

[TerryMason]

You're right. I've got a 1.5 inch body lift, with a 2" motor mount lift. There's not much distance between the bottom of the fan and the shroud.