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cossieguy
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Vibration when idling
« on: Oct 17th, 2006, 11:52am » |
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When car is warm and i'm in neutral the car vibrates, not greatly but is noticeable. I've cleaned the MAF and put a new(Secondhand) IACV on and the idle revs are ok. What could cause this vibration? When i look at engine you can see it moving around. I know the engine is supposed to be able to move a little under load but surely it should be hardly moving when not under load.
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Highlander
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Re: Vibration when idling
« Reply #1 on: Oct 17th, 2006, 12:30pm » |
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Engine mounts?
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taliban aka Cheekyboy2
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Re: Vibration when idling
« Reply #2 on: Oct 17th, 2006, 1:05pm » |
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i'll send the girlfriend over lol
seriously, i've never looked at scorp engine mounts, do they have rubber 'grommets' to soak up vibration? if so i would think these could fail/perish over the years..
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cossieguy
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Re: Vibration when idling
« Reply #3 on: Oct 17th, 2006, 3:31pm » |
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on Oct 17th, 2006, 1:05pm, taliban wrote:| i've never looked at scorp engine mounts, do they have rubber 'grommets' to soak up vibration? if so i would think these could fail/perish over the years.. |
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 Sounds sensible. Where are the mounts and how do I check them? Never had any dealings with these before on any car. I'm assuming this wont be as straight forward as i'd like it to be
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Re: Vibration when idling
« Reply #4 on: Oct 17th, 2006, 4:23pm » |
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on Oct 17th, 2006, 3:31pm, cossieguy wrote:
Sounds sensible. Where are the mounts and how do I check them? Never had any dealings with these before on any car. I'm assuming this wont be as straight forward as i'd like it to be |
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I don't (yet) know about the Scorpio in particular, but generally-
The engine plus gearbox will be on three rubber mountings, one either side of the engine and one maybe two at the gearbox. They fit between a bracket on the engine and the chassis and should be easy to find.
Just look for splitting or or indications of wear. Replacing them is usually a matter of undoing the fixings on one side, jacking up the engine and slotting a new one in. The work of a couple of hours at the most.
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Re: Vibration when idling
« Reply #5 on: Oct 17th, 2006, 4:34pm » |
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Either shake the engine and watch them or slowly jack the engine up a little and try it
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