My whole car shakes when I accelerate
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My whole car shakes when I accelerate
It just started today. Pulling out of my driveway my car shook, at first I thought I was getting clutch chatter for the first time ever for some reason, but it kept on shaking. It does it warm or cold, at any amount of gas I give it, even at WOT. I already have 120 miles on this tank of gas, so I know its not bad gas, and the injectors only have ~1K on them. And if I hold it at a steady RPM, sometimes it backfires a little bit. Any idea what it could be? 
It drove perfectly up until today... Oh yeah, theres no SES light, and I'm getting 0 KR....
It drove perfectly up until today... Oh yeah, theres no SES light, and I'm getting 0 KR....
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Re: My whole car shakes when I accelerate
My friend said it feels exactly the same as his did when he broke rocker arm studs and pushrods so I'm gonna pull the vavle covers first and take a quick look...
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Re: My whole car shakes when I accelerate
Originally Posted by speed_demon24
My friend said it feels exactly the same as his did when he broke rocker arm studs and pushrods so I'm gonna pull the vavle covers first and take a quick look...
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Re: My whole car shakes when I accelerate
Originally Posted by shoebox
A miss is a miss, whether caused by ignition related problems or non-functioning valves. The ignition is the more common.
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Re: My whole car shakes when I accelerate
I just fixed mine today. It was the plugs.
Similar problem to yours. my problem began with a faint misfire while driving. as the days went by it felt as if it was droppin a couple of cylinders when it was cold... got worse in the next two weeks. it would only run good when fully warmed and little gas.. if I gave her 15 percent throttle it would drop a couple of cylinders and shake... it would return back to normal if I would back out on the gas.
I scanned her and noticed the left bank had a problem. Changed only the left side plugs and fired her up. She came alive and Kickin again.
I will take her for a spin tomorrow and see if the problem is gone for good. so far she is alive again.
Marvin
Similar problem to yours. my problem began with a faint misfire while driving. as the days went by it felt as if it was droppin a couple of cylinders when it was cold... got worse in the next two weeks. it would only run good when fully warmed and little gas.. if I gave her 15 percent throttle it would drop a couple of cylinders and shake... it would return back to normal if I would back out on the gas.
I scanned her and noticed the left bank had a problem. Changed only the left side plugs and fired her up. She came alive and Kickin again.
I will take her for a spin tomorrow and see if the problem is gone for good. so far she is alive again.
Marvin
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