is it a miss?
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When I hit 45 I feel a slite shake nomatter if od is on or off .I can't hear anything.Nobody else seems to notice it.It happened after the plenum fix&egr delete.did find a exhaust leak today when I gutted the cat I cut A u shape&welded it back up looks like its leaking from there but I had the shake before that.Also my idler pulley is shaking.
How do I check it with a timing light.Also I thought it was strange when I did the plenum when I went to relive fuel pressure from the rail nothing came out.
How do I check it with a timing light.Also I thought it was strange when I did the plenum when I went to relive fuel pressure from the rail nothing came out.
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When I hit 45 I feel a slite shake nomatter if od is on or off .I can't hear anything.Nobody else seems to notice it.It happened after the plenum fix&egr delete.did find a exhaust leak today when I gutted the cat I cut A u shape&welded it back up looks like its leaking from there but I had the shake before that.Also my idler pulley is shaking.
How do I check it with a timing light.Also I thought it was strange when I did the plenum when I went to relive fuel pressure from the rail nothing came out.
How do I check it with a timing light.Also I thought it was strange when I did the plenum when I went to relive fuel pressure from the rail nothing came out.
Just an example of a timing light:
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Basic ones are cheap at auto parts stores, I bought a cheapo for $40 a few years ago from O'Reilly's
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Thanks&so were clear if there's a miss@45 it'll be pretty violent as if the whole things gonna shake apart...that would make alot of sense Because when I did the egr delete I left the block off plates off by accident before my test drive&when I hit 45 it felt like the truck was gonna shake every nut&bolt loose
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Thanks&so were clear if there's a miss@45 it'll be pretty violent as if the whole things gonna shake apart...that would make alot of sense Because when I did the egr delete I left the block off plates off by accident before my test drive&when I hit 45 it felt like the truck was gonna shake every nut&bolt loose
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When I did my plenum, I crossed two plug wires...... when I got to 45 mph, and the truck shifted to O/D..... holy crap, I had to hang on for dear life. Makes death wobble seem like a massage chair.....
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Does this shake occur regardless of whether you're accelerating, cruising, or decelerating? If so, look for unbalanced rotating parts or bent suspension components. Any engine miss you'd detect as a shaking with overdrive disengaged at that speed would almost certainly give you a pronounced audible miss at other times. I'd be looking at drive shafts, u-joints, and so on, things whose rotational velocity is directly proportional to wheel speed, first.
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Does this shake occur regardless of whether you're accelerating, cruising, or decelerating? If so, look for unbalanced rotating parts or bent suspension components. Any engine miss you'd detect as a shaking with overdrive disengaged at that speed would almost certainly give you a pronounced audible miss at other times. I'd be looking at drive shafts, u-joints, and so on, things whose rotational velocity is directly proportional to wheel speed, first.
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In that case, next time you're mindful of it you should switch the overdrive off to see if the symptom changes. I have a gut feeling that it won't, but it's usually a good idea to do the free tests that are available to confirm or deny hunches and SWAGs.