Violent SHakes....

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Santoku240
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Hello all, i have a little problem here with my 1991 fastback.

when i start my engine, it shakes. sometimes it just shakes a little, sometimes it shakes the whole damn car! its kind of frightening because it feels like its going to shake itself free and fall out :P

ive also noticed that if i have the car idling, and i give it a little gas, the engine shakes a bit then, and if i give it a lot of gas real quick it shakes hard. but whenever i keep the throttle constant it doesnt shake. If i let off the throttle after keeping it revved up some it shakes then too.

now, ive heard peopel say that the engine shaking is normal, but i find it EXTREMELY hard to beleive with the amount of shaking mine does. i wouldnt doubt it if you could mesure the movement in inches! ive never seen any other car whose engine shakes nearly as much as mine, in fact most cars ive been behind the wheel have next to no shake, or at least its not nearly enough to feel (and aside from a 2000 celica, all the cars ive driven are 93 or older).

Does anyone know what i can do to keep the engine still? ive heard that sometimes its the engine mounts... where might i locate those at? and is there anything else i could check/do to help calm the shakes?

thanks in advance for any help :)


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blink0r
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My friend had the EXACT same problem... sometimes it wouldn't start on hot days either. It would violently shake then nothing... wouldn't even turn over. He's not online right now so i can't ask him, so i will get back to you and tell you what was wrong :)

Santoku240
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sweet, thanks man i appreciate it. I'll be lookin forward to your information :)

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could be a shot engine mount....dunno :sleep

Santoku240
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ah, any idea where i might find the engine mounts so that i can inspect them? i dont know a whole lot about engines yet and i dont have an FSM to look this up :(

thanks in advance :)

APEXi240
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I ordered Energy Suspension motor mount inserts for my car....they were 40 bucks, I'm waiting to pick them up. I have the exact same problem. I don't know the website, but i'm sure you can get the mounts from http://www.nopi.com .

Does anyone know the difficulty in replace the mount inserts?


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