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Shake At Idle?

Old Apr 10, 2003 | 05:00 PM
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Okay so i start my car today and it drives fine then i went to go for an interview and when im done with that i drove to my friends house and left it running it idled 900-1100 for all of that then when i came back out it was idling at like 500 to that line above 0 and when i would drive my boost gauge needle would shake when im building boost. does anyone know what would be wrong????



P.S. the car has a EFI PMS in it



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Old Apr 10, 2003 | 05:37 PM
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my car shaked too when i had idle problems similar to yours....... it used to jump around between 500-700rpm and the whole car would vibrate
Old Apr 10, 2003 | 06:21 PM
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I have the same problem, but my jumps around 800-1200rpm, anybody know what it could be???
Old Apr 10, 2003 | 06:22 PM
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check your plugs and wires....... that was the cause of mine
Old Apr 10, 2003 | 06:24 PM
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I did that, everything seems fine in that area, maybe my motor is about to go!!?? It's about time to get a rebuilt anyway! 128k original motor!
Old Apr 10, 2003 | 06:39 PM
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My motor had those symptoms when I blew the sucker.. above 1000 or so it was smooth, but at idle it sucked ***.



Check the map sensor, too.



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Old Apr 10, 2003 | 06:44 PM
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Thanks Steve, I should've just asked you first!
Old Apr 10, 2003 | 06:44 PM
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^ you two ******* or what??
Old Apr 10, 2003 | 06:49 PM
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damn, marc somebody sounds jealous! JK You know you got me!
Old Apr 10, 2003 | 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Monaco' date='Apr 10 2003, 05:44 PM
^ you two ******* or what??
Jebus... I wish!!



j/k!!!



I'm just jealous. And not getting any at the moment.

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