I'm really getting sick of fixing this car. I can't even complain about the car, because it's old, and sh*t happens.
Let's set the scene - new plug wires Wednesday. Took it out Thursday morning and it ran better than it has since I bought it 3 1/2 years ago. Everything was smooth. Perfect.
Driving home from school on Friday and we get into the second stop-and-go spot of traffic. Stop. Go. Stop. Go. You get it. Fine, normal. Start to go again, and the car shakes, VIOLENTLY halfway through first gear. It's hard to describe but I'll try. It feel like I had wheel-hop, except I wasn't going anywhere. It just shook real hard til about halfway through first gear. Every other gear was fine, every shift was alright.
I was still 5 hours from home at this point and 2 people in the car with me, so I figured I'd get it home as long as it cruised fine in 5th. Long ride, more traffic, more shaking.
I figured I may have snapped a bolt in a motor mount, judging by the symptoms. It pulled fine when the motor wasn't torqued over, and shook in first, when starting to accelerate. Ok so yesterday I jack the car up, unbolt all the mounts one by one, and they're fine.
Weird thing is, drove it around yesterday trying to duplicate it so my friend and I could try and figure out where the noise was coming from, but I couldn't. Seems like it just did it when the car was completely warmed up.
Also, since I've been home it's been doing the same stuff as before I filled my mounts. (Bouncy idle, idle dives when i hit the clutch to decelerate, clunky shifting)
I have no idea what is wrong, so if anyone's got ideas, I would be VERY appreciative.
Keep in mind - new plug wires. Nothing else has changed recently. And it happened out of nowhere. No gradual buildup. Car's fine, then it's not.
Could it be electrical? Plug wires? And it only happens in 1/2 a gear, with the rest fine, but the car is now running like crap.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE help me out here fellas.
Let's set the scene - new plug wires Wednesday. Took it out Thursday morning and it ran better than it has since I bought it 3 1/2 years ago. Everything was smooth. Perfect.
Driving home from school on Friday and we get into the second stop-and-go spot of traffic. Stop. Go. Stop. Go. You get it. Fine, normal. Start to go again, and the car shakes, VIOLENTLY halfway through first gear. It's hard to describe but I'll try. It feel like I had wheel-hop, except I wasn't going anywhere. It just shook real hard til about halfway through first gear. Every other gear was fine, every shift was alright.
I was still 5 hours from home at this point and 2 people in the car with me, so I figured I'd get it home as long as it cruised fine in 5th. Long ride, more traffic, more shaking.
I figured I may have snapped a bolt in a motor mount, judging by the symptoms. It pulled fine when the motor wasn't torqued over, and shook in first, when starting to accelerate. Ok so yesterday I jack the car up, unbolt all the mounts one by one, and they're fine.
Weird thing is, drove it around yesterday trying to duplicate it so my friend and I could try and figure out where the noise was coming from, but I couldn't. Seems like it just did it when the car was completely warmed up.
Also, since I've been home it's been doing the same stuff as before I filled my mounts. (Bouncy idle, idle dives when i hit the clutch to decelerate, clunky shifting)
I have no idea what is wrong, so if anyone's got ideas, I would be VERY appreciative.
Keep in mind - new plug wires. Nothing else has changed recently. And it happened out of nowhere. No gradual buildup. Car's fine, then it's not.
Could it be electrical? Plug wires? And it only happens in 1/2 a gear, with the rest fine, but the car is now running like crap.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE help me out here fellas.