Shaking problem...
04-21-2009, 08:46 PM
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Shaking problem... man i hate my car
i finally got the distributor put in it and it ran alright, but my plugs were fouled from running so rich so we changed those today... took it out and ran it pretty hard because it was running good.... stopped and got gas and then pulled out and i noticed it shaking.... so i stopped in a parking lot and found that my coil wire was arcing on to the metal on the coil.... so i replaced that thinking that would fix it and it didn't.... its not like a crossed plug wire or boot not on a plug shake because that would make it run bad and it runs fine still but its just a shaking that somewhat goes away at WOT and in other spots its not there.... could i have possibly torn my tranny mount up? or what else should i check?
theres no squeaking or squealing or anything like that... it runs fine but it just shakes like no other....
if its not one thing on this car its another....
i finally got the distributor put in it and it ran alright, but my plugs were fouled from running so rich so we changed those today... took it out and ran it pretty hard because it was running good.... stopped and got gas and then pulled out and i noticed it shaking.... so i stopped in a parking lot and found that my coil wire was arcing on to the metal on the coil.... so i replaced that thinking that would fix it and it didn't.... its not like a crossed plug wire or boot not on a plug shake because that would make it run bad and it runs fine still but its just a shaking that somewhat goes away at WOT and in other spots its not there.... could i have possibly torn my tranny mount up? or what else should i check?
theres no squeaking or squealing or anything like that... it runs fine but it just shakes like no other....
if its not one thing on this car its another....
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04-21-2009, 09:34 PM
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try and track down the reason for the lean condition, it's possible the plugs are fouled again. could be anything from spark to o2 sensors making it run rich
04-21-2009, 09:41 PM
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oh no lol it was ridiculously rich condition from my old opti being bad and im thinking making it run out of timing and made my o2 sensors read at like .9xx at all times... forgot to add that
04-22-2009, 03:36 PM
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1st thing i would do is pull a few plugs and see what they look like
04-23-2009, 08:24 AM
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lol figured it out... i guess when we were in a hurry to get my distributor in we routed a wire a little too close to the belt and it got cut in half lol
so its all good now
thanks!
so its all good now
thanks!
