Violent shake! Not death wobble
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Violent shake! Not death wobble
On my way home from work today I began to notice my truck was shaking alot more than normal. Usually it does a little, but not to this extent, and just randomly started today. It is a 5.2 with 111k. In the past 3 days it has also stalled from idle about 3 times, and i have noticed the idle to be lower than normal, around 600 rpms. The truck is stock besides a flowmaster muffler. It seems to shake only when I am on the gas. It will go into overdrive but shake like crazy, so I keep it off for now. It seems to shake when I use more of the engines torque than horsepower, only thing I can think of. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
#2
Shakes when on the gas? Sounds like misfire and possibly clogged catalytic converter
Are you getting any codes?
This is also something you may want to read:
https://dodgeforum.com/forum/2nd-gen...um-thread.html
Are you getting any codes?
This is also something you may want to read:
https://dodgeforum.com/forum/2nd-gen...um-thread.html
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#5
Alright, thank you, I will do that tomorrow, I'm going to try and drive it as less as possible. Now if they are all filled with carbon, I basically should replace all plugs, wires, and the plenum right? I think I might just save all my pennies and do a Hughes Air Gap kit. Seen good things about it.
Now if I pull the plugs and they look fine, what should I look for then? Still look at the plenum?
Now if I pull the plugs and they look fine, what should I look for then? Still look at the plenum?
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Have a looky; https://dodgeforum.com/forum/2nd-gen...-manifold.html
Do a compression test as well, post back the findings, before you spend any $$$$
Do a compression test as well, post back the findings, before you spend any $$$$
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#8
I had the same issue.... youll notice the shaking gets bad as soon as the torque converter locks up right between 40 and 50mph depending on how quickly your accelerating. In my case the misfire was due to a cracked header causing an exhaust leak in the collector area where I couldnt see it.... you may want to run some seafoam though it before swapping the plugs to remove as much carbon buildup as you can.
I recommend checking your plugs and doing a compression test before assuming you need to rip the plenum apart... it may or may not be related... cats do plug with mileage due to worn out engine rings and poor compression as well.
I recommend checking your plugs and doing a compression test before assuming you need to rip the plenum apart... it may or may not be related... cats do plug with mileage due to worn out engine rings and poor compression as well.
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