The one with the big washers was their second effort, the first didn't have them.
They used to split from the centre outwards, like my first one, then as soon as the big washers were introduced, mine started to split on the outer lip and one almost pulled through the housing, when i removed it the lip was inside the housing rather than up against it.
Both my other mounts engine and gearbox are genuine pug ones less then 6 months old.
The original yellow one caused problems and did the same, which is why they did the big washer upgrade.
I think the yellow ones are a bit stiff for diesels so it caused a fair bit of vibration, so they did the red compound one, which seems a little soft/weak.
I have been checking mine all the time over the last few months as when the first one split i became paranoid.
I don't think i would of noticed it if i had not been checking it so often, every time i was under the car doing other jobs i was checking it.
Have a read here :
http://www.306gti6.com/forum/showthread.php?id=134555
They used to split from the centre outwards, like my first one, then as soon as the big washers were introduced, mine started to split on the outer lip and one almost pulled through the housing, when i removed it the lip was inside the housing rather than up against it.
Both my other mounts engine and gearbox are genuine pug ones less then 6 months old.
The original yellow one caused problems and did the same, which is why they did the big washer upgrade.
I think the yellow ones are a bit stiff for diesels so it caused a fair bit of vibration, so they did the red compound one, which seems a little soft/weak.
I have been checking mine all the time over the last few months as when the first one split i became paranoid.
I don't think i would of noticed it if i had not been checking it so often, every time i was under the car doing other jobs i was checking it.
Have a read here :
http://www.306gti6.com/forum/showthread.php?id=134555