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Replacing the engine mounts on my car while I work on other problems it has had over the last year. The passenger side Top mount is being blocked by the compressor even a shallow 17mm Socket will not fit on the nut. Do you have to remove the AC compressor when replacing the passenger side or is this not normal, car is LHD. I have read others saying the driver side was the hard mount but i had no issues with it.
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Never done this on an e31 (and I have a '97 840Ci), but did it last year on a MB 560 SEC. I found if I raised the engine slightly I could get much better access to the mount bolts. The old mounts have probably collapsed, and raising the engine will provide more space for a wrench - just my thoughts.
Gary
Gary Knox
'97 BMW 840 Ci
'03 MB SL55 AMG
'07 Mini Cooper S hatchback
'09 Aston Martin DB9 Volante
'13 Audi A8
'90 MB 560 SEC and '94 Porsche 928 GTS recently departed but long enjoyed
50 or so others over the past 70 years of driving
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