[n23]

I've been chasing a clunk that seems to be coming from the front right and only seems to happen when the car is cold and first started up. 144k miles.

I had the wheel off to change a tire and noticed this mount. Does it look normal or ready for replacement? If replacement, what does that entail?

Thanks

 

[volvodrummer]

50%
do you get more pronounced vibration when you turn the steering wheel to the R or L while car is stationary? If so that's a good place to start.

 

[CMOD_R]

Fixed the photos for ya! Good Luck

 

[soupandspoons]

There should be two bolts securing that mount to the engine. The top bolt is missing on your setup.

I don't see the threaded hole for the missing bolt. It almost looks like the engine is sitting so low that the upper hole aligned with the lower bolt.

 

[n23]

50% do you get more pronounced vibration when you turn the steering wheel to the R or L while car is stationary? If so that's a good place to start.

I actually get no noise if the car is stationary, steering wheel movement doesn't induce the noise.

Fixed the photos for ya! Good Luck

Ha, thanks, but I actually pulled the IMG tags so as to not make a huge, long post

There should be two bolts securing that mount to the engine. The top bolt is missing on your setup.
I don't see the threaded hole for the missing bolt. It almost looks like the engine is sitting so low that the upper hole aligned with the lower bolt.

I had a similar thought from looking at similar engines but as there wasn't a threaded hole, I figured the R blocks only took one bolt. To my knowledge this mount has never been removed or messed with at all. The noise I'm chasing is less than a month old.

Thanks for the replies, all!