From first gear, shaking, jarring

[jsv08]

First off, I'm not sure of the correct terminology to use in describing my problem! I have a 93 240sx, 12,000 miles. Never had a problem with it until a few days ago. When accelerating in first gear from a stop, the car does that violent shuddering that happens when you either release the clutch too quickly or not give it enough gas as the clutch is released, yet I am not driving it any differently than I have before. In other words, I am having to give it much more gas to avoid the 'shuddering'. The car doesn't seem to have any problems after it gets going, though I do notice that in second gear, sometimes it acts like I shifted too soon. As far as I know, the car is completely stock, not even a power window in the thing, and like I said, I have never had a problem with it. The exception being a couple close calls in the snow! Admittedly, however, I recently went almost a year without an oil change.. It's tough for me to admit that.. Only other thing I can think of is the fact that I am running on pretty bald tires until I can get the snow tires on, and the day that the trouble started, I had inflated all four tires to normal pressure, as they were all pretty low. Thanks for any help!

JS

[2black240s]

i have the same problem exactly, any help would be appreciated

[s13sr20chris]

ok, there are two basic categorys of problem you guys could be having(most likely).

1)flywheel out of flat/clutch slippagethis is where the flywheel warps or gets uneven deposits of friction material on it. then anytime you slip the clutch(like when starting from a stop) or if it slips on its own, you get a vibration thats refered to as a shudder. the solution to this is to replace clutch kit and replace or resurface flywheel.

2)engine running roughthis could be a misfire or something but it is completely different from the drivetrain stuff i mentione above.

from the sound of it you prob need to go with option 1. it has a very charachteristic feel to it so if you know someone experienced in this sort of thing they could help you out(if you took them for a ride).

[s13sr20chris]

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