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Vibration problem/surging during driving...o2 sensor?

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Old Nov 5, 2000 | 06:31 PM
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My car has a problem of, when in gear(its an auto), it vibrates badly. When out of gear it still vibrates at idle but not as bad. I pulled up a thing off of a program at my school auto tech class and it said that a 'lazy' o2 sensor may cause this. Anyone have any experience with this problem?

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Old Nov 6, 2000 | 02:19 PM
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Hmmmm, sounds more like a busted mount or even the harmonic balancer. Those do go bad sometimes.
Old Nov 6, 2000 | 03:06 PM
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i doubt that it is an O2 sensor problem. When that goes bad the car will usually backfire a low rpm's and seem to have poor throttle response. If yours hasnt been channged in a while then I'd change it anyway. You never know, it could help take care of the problem.

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Old Nov 6, 2000 | 05:16 PM
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Well, i did have a bad motor mount on the front so i got a new one of those, and inspected the rest of em when i was doing that and they looked fine. The harmonic balancer....hmm...that i may check into.


Old Nov 6, 2000 | 09:56 PM
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if it's alot worse in gear, and it is an auto (bummer) it could be your torque converter. i'm more familiar with GM trannys but that sounds like a torque converter to me. but hey, i'd have to hear it.

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