2.8 curbed

[Chase_DE]

My daughter has a topaz blue 2000 2.8 auto. She recently ran it up on a curb

no visible damage really but it doesn't feel right


1 question not related to the curbing. When you shift it from park to drive it has quite a lot of flex in the suspension when the driveline i guess takes the load, and it settles quite a lot shifting back from drive to park. Is this normal?

With regard to the curbing. I think she popped a motor mount possibly, it has a pretty decent vibration now sitting at a red light with foot on the brake and various vibrations while driving, sound right? I plan to do the mounts next week. She is at college and doesn't have the car so it's sitting right now while i do that and other tasks on it.

thanks for any comments
chase

 

[t-tony]

The engine mountings are oil filled so if she had broken (split) one it could be leaking oil? Did she kerb the front or back end?

Tony.

 

[Chase_DE]

she kinda broadsided it, scrapes from the front cross brace back to the rear. the suspension looks ok, nothing looks bent.

 

[Nodzed]

That was well rotted before she kerbed it sorry to say

 

[Chase_DE]

That was well rotted before she kerbed it sorry to say

For sure it was, I am looking at getting a new cross brace there but would that have a large affect on smoothness of the car? that x brace being borked?

 

[t-tony]

No, it wouldn’t. In fact if you removed it you would hardly notice any difference under normal driving.

Tony.