FastTimes

My 99 GLE has been having this problem for over a year. It only seems to happen while I'm at an idle state, after the engine is warmed up.

It sounds almost like the car is clearing its throat! It's a short (1/4 sec) muted throat clear as well, and it will happen several times until I start moving again. It's not something that happens every X seconds, rather it is like 1....2...3............4....5.....6
etc.

I can feel it thru the brake pedal. As I said, its not very strong, but it doesn't feel right.


I brought the car to a tranny place a year ago, but the guy that tested it (road only) couldn't see anything wrong with it, and of course it driving it.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.

-Mike

maximizd97

How many miles? I'm assuming your an auto...I'd say maybe clean out the throttle body, get some new plugs, maybe tighten the throttle cable up....if that doesn't at least help, I'm stumped man.

njmaxseltd

iTrader: (19)

Sounds like a misfire at idle. Check the condition of each spark plug. If it's indeed a misfire you might see one plug come up a little dirty. That would be the coil pack in question, just replace it if thats the case.

You could have a lazy fuel injector as well.

FastTimes

Ooops. How silly of me to forget this. I have ~45K