Car shaking at idle
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Car shaking at idle
Just picked up my 2001 firebird formula last friday. I noticed that when I am at a stoplight, the car will give a noticable shake at idle. Is this normal because of the V8, or does this need to be looked at? Did a search and could not find the answer to it.
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Based on your question "is that because it has a V8 in it", i'm guessing this is your first 8 cylinder car. So yeah it probably shakes a bit more than whatever you had before. All of our cars rattle and shake to some degree, especially the M6 guys.
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Also make sure the o2 sensors are good. If the are out or close to it they can cause a rough idle, and a noticeable decrease in mileage, and I dont think anybody needs that last one nowadays.
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Thanks for the reply. I bought the car from carmax. It had 29000 miles on it. As far as modifications go, it has the SLP lid and strut tower brace on it. These modifications were sold with the car.