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Old Mar 10, 2007 | 07:53 PM
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ok so i took my car through the car wash the yesterday and then drove home ( only 1 mile away) and then when i got up this morning i went to start my car and it started fine but the whole car virbarates alot. from the hood all the way to the exhaust tips. its not little virbation it a major virbration. any ideas on what happend
Old Mar 10, 2007 | 07:55 PM
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check the balancer.
Old Mar 10, 2007 | 07:57 PM
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You didn't do anything to it recently? I had a violent vibration after I forgot to tighten down my fan on the pulley which ate into my radiator like crazy. (Didn't leak though)

How old are your motor mounts. Bad mounts can cause it to droop real bad on one side, which broke some of the fan tips off on the shroud. This was before the fan got my radiator though.

Basically, check anything that's on the crankshaft line. Balancer, Flywheel, Crank, Driveshaft etc.
Old Mar 10, 2007 | 08:10 PM
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No i didn't. at idle is whens it is the roughest and when it gets up about to 3 thousands it not as bad but it is still very bad.
Old Mar 10, 2007 | 08:19 PM
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Check your fan/shroud/radiator. The motor is torqued up at 3k, which could be evening out the slop of a bad motor mount.
Old Mar 10, 2007 | 08:20 PM
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If it was balancer driveshaft or the sort, it would get worse at higher RPMs.
Old Mar 10, 2007 | 08:41 PM
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Spark plug wires.
Old Mar 10, 2007 | 11:33 PM
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i check all my wires and they are all on there good. Could it be my harmonic balancer.
Old Mar 10, 2007 | 11:37 PM
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Did you wash under the hood of that car?
Old Mar 10, 2007 | 11:38 PM
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A vibration and a miss are two different things. Do you know the difference. Did the motor get wet from the car wash?



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