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engine motion, whats all the comotion?

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skatah

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Apr 30, 2003
okay i have 3 problems.

1) when in neutral if i rev the engine to 4.5k + the car Moves/jolts forward as if i had it in gear. now i dont actually move. it just feels like the engine pulls forward. motor mounts?

2) around 65mph + my steering wheel vibrates and icrease with the increasing speed. Also my rader detector (on the windshield) vibrates too.

3) okay and finally when i dirve by things: houses, gaurdrails ect. I can hear allmost a hissing from my engine. hissing is the best way i cna describe it. has anyone else had these problems?


and yes I searched for lal of these.

thanks for any help.

94 eclipse 1.8
127k
 
i would say you need new motor mounts. my engine barly even moves when given it gas so yours must be bad. the vibration in the steering wheel i would say a bent wheel or somthin like that since it gets worse and worse as you speed up and as for the hissing, i would check for split hoses or somthin, maybe since the engine moves alot it mite of split a hose,check thh pcv vavle that would hiss really bad if it would split. hope this helps.
 
1-Motor mount(s), if you don't want to get new mount, get some 3M's window-weld to fill the gap in the mounts.
2-Worn CV joints on your axel(s).
3-Don't know.
 
Originally posted by skatah
any idea on the prices to get these fixed?

1-For the motor mounts, find out which are bad{crack), check with the dealers for the new one, there're some dealers sponsor this borad (look up), check the junk yards for used one, chances are the used one won't be much better than yours, for the 3M stuff, can be found at hardware stores or auto part store, one tube(~$12) is enough for 1 car, need a culking gun, mounts needed to be off the car, 24 hrs for the stuff to set.

2-Get under the car to confirm if infact the CV joints are bad, the axel feel loose when you shake it, you're better off ($ & time) exchanging the entire axel the replacing the joints yourselve, I exchange one last year for ~$55 from a rebuilder, part store was higher.

-If all else, try the web .
 
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