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Old 07-21-2009, 08:58 PM
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Vibrations: bad engine mount symptoms?

So I just got my car back from the shop after my accident about a month ago. I was driving it, and noticed these symptoms:

1) While the engine is in park, neutral, or idling in drive, there is an increase in vibrations. It's enough to make the glovebox rattle a lot.

2) While the engine is under load (normal driving), there is no increase in vibrations.

I saw that a lot of replies for engine vibrations are to change the coils, change the spark plugs. Can anyone give me the symptoms for those?

The reason why I believe it's the engine mount over the coils/ignition is because my car only has 1800 miles on it. Admittedly, it's an 06, and I do not know if coils/ignition degrade when unused. Also, the accident I had leads me to believe impact has caused damage to the engine mount. Does anyone have additional insight into this?
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Its your engine mounts....get em change and yur back to new
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Originally Posted by cyclone1208
Its your engine mounts....get em change and yur back to new
I'm bringing the car back to the shop tomorrow to do that. I wanted as much info as I could get on this issue so I can explain it to them. Thanks for your input.
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Remember you have to drive the car a few cycles for the ECU to re-program itself.

What RPMs was that car idling at?
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Originally Posted by Razz1
Remember you have to drive the car a few cycles for the ECU to re-program itself.

What RPMs was that car idling at?
Cold start 2krpms. After the engine was warmed, around 800-1000rpms. That hasn't changed from before the accident.

What is a few cycles? On off cycles?
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its the engine mounts, you need new ones.
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