Another P0300

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Replaced the drivers side engine mount over the weekend. This is the process I used:

A couple of notes from my experience:
1. Take out the steering shaft, just gives you more room to work.
2. Go ahead and cut off the heat shield on the old mount. Again, more room to work, particularly on the 4 bolts that hold the mount to the motor.

Best tip in the video is to remove the heat shield on the new mount and tap the rivet holes (or use sheet metal screws) and put the heat shield on after getting the mount in place.

The new mount definitely cleaned up the shifts. It really liked to stumble immediately after shifting before.

 

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After driving it for a couple of weeks now, changing the motor mount fixed most of my problems. Forced to conclude that it was probably the knock sensor picking up noise from the clunking motor mount.

Doesn't tell me why I got the P0300 code, I don't think. I did get the even more dreaded P06DD code the other day. It never ran poorly and cleared on it's own. Maybe the two are related...