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Old 03-17-2013, 02:03 PM #1
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Engine / Transmission Shakes the entire car
1998 Toyota 4Runner with 210k miles.

I don't use the car as much recently (now that I have a 2013 model), and it seems to have deteriorated. IT starts up right away, but the entire car shakes in unison with the engine.

It pretty much shakes all the time ; interesting to observe that the shaking stops when:
  • In neutral, when idling with a little gas, around 1200+ RPM.
  • When driving 35+ MPH, it suddenly stops.
  • When the car is moving and then put into neutral -- note that the shaking comes back when the car comes to a stop.

Am I missing an basic fastener or did something more serious break. Note that the car has never had any major maintenance performed.

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Have you checked the motor mounts? My honda civic would shake somrthing fierce changed the motor mounts and that took care of it....just my two cents.
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Are you sure it's not missing on one or more cylinders? Pull your spark plug wires one by one while it's running - if you pull one and it doesn't get worse, you've found a cylinder that isn't firing.
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Good suggestions. I'll go test that.
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Are you sure it's not missing on one or more cylinders? Pull your spark plug wires one by one while it's running - if you pull one and it doesn't get worse, you've found a cylinder that isn't firing.
The spark plug replacement was the trick. It turned out that the spark plug line has a broken off metal end that remained attached to the spark plug. Took a few minutes on getting that carefully removed, but after getting all the new lines and plugs in; everything ran smoothly.

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