the mount was removed, cleaned, and re-installed.

the other two bolts were not super tight, but not loose either.

the rattle is gone now, so something I did worked.

Torqued to 33 fl/lbs as per Bentley.

no idea if I can blame VW for bad installation or a PO.

alistair

On 23-Jun-11, at 2:54 AM, Dennis Haynes wrote:

> What about the other two bolts? If only the center one was loose
> then the
> mount was still somewhat secure. These bolts need to be the proper
> type
> along with hardened washers. P.C. 10.9 and properly torqued. Loose
> hardware
> is almost always the result of miss application or wrong installation.
>
> Dennis