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cooldill · 04-22-2008, 02:49 PM

I just bought this car 2 days ago, car is a 93 auto. today when i started it, the engine light came on and it shakes pretty hard while in drive. While in park and in neutral its fine. The car idles fine, just shakes and feels like its gona die. I pulled out the plug wires and the ends were moist with what smelled like coolant? the ends were also crusty and rust colored. I just moved here from hawaii and i dont have any of my tools with me. Im gonna go buy some new tools so i can check the plugs and such. but anyone have any ideas?

Sr20det>Ka24de · 04-22-2008, 03:07 PM

sounds like water in the plug holes that has been there awhile, used compressed air to dry out plug holes and wires if your are gonna keep the wires. If your plugs are rusty replace em, replace wires too they are probably old any how

infinitexsound · 04-25-2008, 01:24 AM

the plug wires or the plug? if its the plug wires.. just slip the connection off the rubber and dry it with a towel or air... pull ur spark plugs and look at them what color black, white ? check ur maf and make sure its plugged in and working.. if engine is having problems under load... you might have some other issues... be a little more descriptive... might want to do a quick tune up.. and check the oil. what color is it? typical or milky? coolant also do u have brown stuff floating in it?

Xandy Boosts · 04-25-2008, 01:27 AM

My car shook ALOT and pretty hard when I blew my headgasket.

richesmoua · 05-03-2008, 08:28 AM

I just bought my 90 auto. 240sx and it did the same thing. After a couple of days we figured out the problem. The owner before had switch the spark plug wires around, plus the shaking part was due to bad injectors and the wire that connected from the wire harness to the injector(don't know what those are called), but the shaking was from the injector connectors because when I twitch the wires a little it will run perfect, but if I push down on them the car will shake a lot and sound like it will shut down instantly. Oh k the real problem was 2 bad injectors...take your injectors out and look at them you may have some cracked and some burned out!

04-22-2008, 02:49 PM	#1
cooldill Leaky Injector Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: hawaii Age: 38 Posts: 121 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	KA24de shakes I just bought this car 2 days ago, car is a 93 auto. today when i started it, the engine light came on and it shakes pretty hard while in drive. While in park and in neutral its fine. The car idles fine, just shakes and feels like its gona die. I pulled out the plug wires and the ends were moist with what smelled like coolant? the ends were also crusty and rust colored. I just moved here from hawaii and i dont have any of my tools with me. Im gonna go buy some new tools so i can check the plugs and such. but anyone have any ideas?

04-22-2008, 03:07 PM	#2
Sr20det>Ka24de Leaky Injector Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Age: 36 Posts: 72 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	sounds like water in the plug holes that has been there awhile, used compressed air to dry out plug holes and wires if your are gonna keep the wires. If your plugs are rusty replace em, replace wires too they are probably old any how __________________ minitrucker - 240 addict, now how to combine them?

04-25-2008, 01:24 AM	#3
infinitexsound Post Whore! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: INtraweb Age: 39 Posts: 3,522 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	the plug wires or the plug? if its the plug wires.. just slip the connection off the rubber and dry it with a towel or air... pull ur spark plugs and look at them what color black, white ? check ur maf and make sure its plugged in and working.. if engine is having problems under load... you might have some other issues... be a little more descriptive... might want to do a quick tune up.. and check the oil. what color is it? typical or milky? coolant also do u have brown stuff floating in it? __________________ S14 TrackSlut coming to a raceway near you... 510 TimeAttack on its way...

04-25-2008, 01:27 AM	#4
Xandy Boosts Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Long beach Age: 35 Posts: 1,003 Trader Rating: (2) Feedback Score: 2 reviews	My car shook ALOT and pretty hard when I blew my headgasket. __________________ it's a RUCKUS life

05-03-2008, 08:28 AM	#5
richesmoua Zilvia Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Fresno Posts: 197 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	I just bought my 90 auto. 240sx and it did the same thing. After a couple of days we figured out the problem. The owner before had switch the spark plug wires around, plus the shaking part was due to bad injectors and the wire that connected from the wire harness to the injector(don't know what those are called), but the shaking was from the injector connectors because when I twitch the wires a little it will run perfect, but if I push down on them the car will shake a lot and sound like it will shut down instantly. Oh k the real problem was 2 bad injectors...take your injectors out and look at them you may have some cracked and some burned out! Last edited by richesmoua; 05-08-2008 at 09:32 AM..

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