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Old 07-15-2013, 03:02 PM
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Engine shaking when idle

When we pull up to a red light in our automatic, the engine starts giving little shakes as if a spark plug is not firing in one cylinder for a fraction of a second. So the shakes are not consistent, but random, like 1 every 3 seconds. It sorta feels like the engine is about to stall. Check engine light is OFF and no codes.

This started like a week or 2 after we've changed our fuel filter. We got the Durolast one from AutoZone for like $10.59.

Could a new fuel filter cause this?

Our car has about 110k miles. Could this shaking be caused by dirty valves or injectors? We bought Techron just now, so gonna use it.
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Old 07-15-2013, 03:10 PM
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Sounds like a misfire.
Could be a lot of things, but likely a coilpack.

I would wait it out and see if a code pops up then go from there.

I don't believe an off brand fuel filter would cause that problem.
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Old 07-16-2013, 12:40 PM
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Do you mean you get momentary dips in the idle? I had that. Changed my plugs to NGKs and it went away.
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