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(Message started by: cossieguy on Oct 17^th, 2006, 11:52am)

Title: Vibration when idling
Post by cossieguy on Oct 17^th, 2006, 11:52am

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.

Title: Re: Vibration when idling
Post by Highlander on Oct 17^th, 2006, 12:30pm

Engine mounts?

Title: Re: Vibration when idling
Post by taliban on Oct 17^th, 2006, 1:05pm

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..

Title: Re: Vibration when idling
Post by cossieguy on Oct 17^th, 2006, 3:31pm

on 10/17/06 at 13:05:28, 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..

[] 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

Title: Re: Vibration when idling
Post by harry.m1byt on Oct 17^th, 2006, 4:23pm

on 10/17/06 at 15:31:53, 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

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.

Title: Re: Vibration when idling
Post by Highlander on Oct 17^th, 2006, 4:34pm

Either shake the engine and watch them or slowly jack the engine up a little and try it