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Old Sep 26, 2009 | 01:54 PM
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start car idle ok , place in gear and the car starts to tremble alittle and when i turn on the AC it tremble alittle more it does it in every stop that a make , but it run really nice until i make a stop rev. goes down and up alittle for about 5 to 10 sec. after about one min. it would tremble again, no codes , please help the car is a 1997 firebird 3.8 engine

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start car idle ok , place in gear and the car starts to tremble alittle and when i turn on the AC it tremble alittle more it does it in every stop that a make , but it run really nice until i make a stop rev. goes down and up alittle for about 5 to 10 sec. after about one min. it would tremble again, no codes , please help the car is a 1997 firebird 3.8 engine
No SES light...or did you scan it and found no codes?

Right off...sounds like a dirty fuel filter or injectors.

Dies it accelerate normally if you do a hard run, and cruise at say 50-60mph normally.

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Old Sep 26, 2009 | 05:40 PM
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No SES light...or did you scan it and found no codes?

Right off...sounds like a dirty fuel filter or injectors.

Dies it accelerate normally if you do a hard run, and cruise at say 50-60mph normally.

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sec did not come on i accelerate normally , cruise at 50 to 70 runs very nicely at that speed , went to auto zone to scan it ,but they said the light has to be on in order to be able to scan it , put in some MARVEL MYSTERY OIL in tank to see if that help , changed the fuel filter about three months ago
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sec did not come on i accelerate normally , cruise at 50 to 70 runs very nicely at that speed , went to auto zone to scan it ,but they said the light has to be on in order to be able to scan it , put in some MARVEL MYSTERY OIL in tank to see if that help , changed the fuel filter about three months ago
did this start all of a sudden or has it been building up to this?

Dirty fuel injector(s)
fouled plugs
dirty MAF

failing 02 sensors can also cause some problems like that...you will not necassarily get an SES light or a code either. Usually when they actually fail you get the light. To see if they are working properly will take a real OBDII scanner that the dealers use.

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did this start all of a sudden or has it been building up to this?

Dirty fuel injector(s)
fouled plugs
dirty MAF

failing 02 sensors can also cause some problems like that...you will not necassarily get an SES light or a code either. Usually when they actually fail you get the light. To see if they are working properly will take a real OBDII scanner that the dealers use.

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it's been buiding up
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it's been buiding up
Then something is probably dirty.

Clean the MAF, change the plugs, run a full can of Sea Foam in 1/4 tank of gas.

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