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side motor mount leak?

2.9K views 9 replies 5 participants last post by  mapzoid  
#1 ·
Does the 2005 pilot oem (50820S9V-A01) engine mount have oil in it ?
 
#6 ·
The leak (dark brown) and defiantly NOT Power Steering fluid, oil or hydraulic dripping from around rubber of p/n 50820-S9V-A01 engine mount (passenger side) I am very anal in keeping the engine clean (you could eat off it) I was hoping someone knows if the mount is oil filled. One repair shop says no and another says yes. Other than the mount manufacturer who would know ? Is there a contact to confirm this?
 
#7 ·
I have seen them fail, and never seen oil in them. Doesn't mean they don't have oil in them, but the chances are very slim. The one that does is shown in the picture above. Notice how it has a metal housing for it. This is because the rubber flexes, and micro cracks, and if they filled it with oil, I don't even see how it would benefit the design. There is about a 1 percent chance there is fluid in that mount. That just just because I haven't actually dissected it.
Could the oil you see be coming from when you cleaned it, and it pooled somewhere, and discolored from the rubber, and finally got squeezed out after flexing? LOL. You never know. Touch it and rub it in your fingers. Is it water or oil?
 
#8 ·
Haven't had the side mount in our 05 Pilot fail while it's been under my watch, but the one in our old 05 Odyssey and 16 Odyssey both failed (tore) and they were definitely fluid filled - left brownish stuff down the frame rail, etc. - they look pretty similar to the side mount in the Pilot, but that certainly doesn't mean the pilot's side mount definitely is. What came out of those was more watery than oily, though. (and after removing them, they were definitely "hollow" where the fluid used to be.