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I know im almost at the time when i need a tuneup but lately when i stop at lights my idle goes from 500,600,500,400,800, with some BAD vibrating..then when i accelerate my steering wheel looks like its entering some booty shaking contest!! do you guys think its my 02sensor,bad motor mount,desperate tune-up..I HAVE NO IDEA its killing me
Thanx 4 ur help
Thanx 4 ur help
well if you got that "booty shaking" then it sounds like the engine mounts. the hunting of RPMs is prob a tune up deal. don't always point at the O2 sensor.
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Originally posted by Lj90Se
I know im almost at the time when i need a tuneup but lately when i stop at lights my idle goes from 500,600,500,400,800, with some BAD vibrating..then when i accelerate my steering wheel looks like its entering some booty shaking contest!! do you guys think its my 02sensor,bad motor mount,desperate tune-up..I HAVE NO IDEA its killing me
Thanx 4 ur help
I know im almost at the time when i need a tuneup but lately when i stop at lights my idle goes from 500,600,500,400,800, with some BAD vibrating..then when i accelerate my steering wheel looks like its entering some booty shaking contest!! do you guys think its my 02sensor,bad motor mount,desperate tune-up..I HAVE NO IDEA its killing me
Thanx 4 ur help
to check the mounts, open the hood, start the car, stomp on the brake, watch the position of the engine under the edge of the hood..
put the car in gear, and give it some gas.. now put it in reverse.. do the same..
if the engine moves more than about 1/2", the mounts are worn.. usually the front engine moout and the front tranny mount are the ones that die first..
the rear engine mount also does go bad, but not nearly as quickly as the front. the rear tranny mount looked new on my car, even though my front engine mount was completely ruined..
as for seeing the mounts, open the hood and look straight down in front of the engine.. the big mounting bracket thingy you see there is the front engine mount.
the rear engine mount is about 2 ft straight back from there.
the tranny mounts are located underneath the battery (crawl under the car and remove the plastic covers under the engine.. you'll see it.)
the rear tranny mount is visible from the top.. it's somewhere around the brake master cylinder..
put the car in gear, and give it some gas.. now put it in reverse.. do the same..
if the engine moves more than about 1/2", the mounts are worn.. usually the front engine moout and the front tranny mount are the ones that die first..
the rear engine mount also does go bad, but not nearly as quickly as the front. the rear tranny mount looked new on my car, even though my front engine mount was completely ruined..
as for seeing the mounts, open the hood and look straight down in front of the engine.. the big mounting bracket thingy you see there is the front engine mount.
the rear engine mount is about 2 ft straight back from there.
the tranny mounts are located underneath the battery (crawl under the car and remove the plastic covers under the engine.. you'll see it.)
the rear tranny mount is visible from the top.. it's somewhere around the brake master cylinder..
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I just had my front and rear motor mounts replace.....the cheapest place I found them were at a dealer about $159 dollars for both mounts ...if u can do it yourself good but i had my mechanic do it for me and he only charged me $50 other cats wanted me to pay the like $130-150 dollars!!! but booty shaking steering wheel are usually motor mount
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