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If car starts to "Shimmy" at 4000 RPMs...

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Old Apr 9, 2005 | 07:21 PM
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If car starts to "Shimmy" at 4000 RPMs...

What could be the cause of this/ just replaced, coils, what now? Thanks for any info!
Old Apr 9, 2005 | 07:36 PM
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what do you mean by shimmy?, you mean you feel slight shaking?
Old Apr 9, 2005 | 07:45 PM
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no, like "shimmy shimmy coco wha?! light it up and smoke it,pass it to me now"
... I mean like ye, slight shaking
Old Apr 9, 2005 | 11:21 PM
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I am not sure if shimmy means vibrations,

but on my VQ35DE since new, at about 3800-4000rpmswith no throttle in gear, i get weird vibrations....

I use amsoil 0w30 series 2000 oil, and my car has seen synthetics since 5K now i have 70K
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