Hood Dented... From The Inside?!

[EricAkaAviator]

Hey there R3v Folks... I have an '88 Vert which I let sit for a few months, nursing a freshly broken back. When I drove it to my new shop and changed the oil, I discovered that the hood had a small dent (see photos) ... Pushed through from the inside.

It appears to have come from the bracket on the front of the engine... the question though, why?! Motor mounts appear to be fine. Weird.

[LJ851]

Maybe the engine mounts are fine now.

[EricAkaAviator]

Maybe the engine mounts are fine now.

Lol... Pretty sure they don't regrow ;)

[jlevie]

The only way I can think of for that to happen is for the motor mounts to be bad, possibly one is separated. While a collapsed motor mount is pretty easy to detect, you may not be able to detect other failures with out removing the mounts and/or comparing the mounts with new parts.

[redsubdivisions]

Motor mount is broken. How do I know? I had the same issue and sure as shit, my passenger mount was broken. Get it fixed ASAP to avoid further damage. I didn't and now I have a huge ugly paint-broken wart in the middle of my hood.

[Farbin Kaiber]

I have two e30's with bad engine mount dents in the hood.

[ST1G]

My motor mounts were just chewing up lower radiator hoses. Glad this didn't happen.

[Madhatter]

check trans mounts too.

I've seen a few engine mounts that looked fine unless you paid really close attention. Then you could see they were cracked all the way round the little rib that runs along the top, almost blends in like it was that way from factory and you can't notice it.

Use a block of wood under your jack and lift the engine a little by the oil pan. You'll see any dodgy mounts real easy then.

[TobyB]

Or open the hood, put it in first, and hold the brake as you let the clutch out.
And watch the engine!

2002 engines would hop right out of the engine bay when that happened...

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[EricAkaAviator]

I have two e30's with bad engine mount dents in the hood.

Hmmm How bad was the body shop bill for those? I ordered new mounts, will replace and then see how much a body shop wants to fix it, I suppose. Heh.

[Farbin Kaiber]

HAHAHAHA, bodyshop bill. They still have the dent. I'll replace the whole hood before I pay a bodyshop to fix that dent. Find a junkyard hood and cut and polish it.

[EricAkaAviator]

HAHAHAHA, bodyshop bill. They still have the dent. I'll replace the whole hood before I pay a bodyshop to fix that dent. Find a junkyard hood and cut and polish it.

Haha roger. I have a parts car with a straight hood. Just scared of the bill to paint it, lol. Thought maybe they could do a dent pull on it... I'm not a body work guy... At all.

[Farbin Kaiber]

You're looking at $2-300 to have a hood painted, both sides, from my past experience. One side plus removing the dent, I'd assume close to that as well.

[EricAkaAviator]

Awesome man, thanks for the feedback.