Hey guys, my CL just recently hit 170k on the odometer. Lately she's been problem free except for one big, annoying problem.

During idle, the engine shakes like wild. It shakes so bad that it vibrates the entire inside of my car (no joke), like I could look at my gauges and see the clear screen shaking.

I took it to my local mechanic and he suggested replacing the spark plugs and spark plug wires, and distributor rotor/cap. Which I did, and it hasn't solved the problem.

Whenever I pop the hood while the car is on and take a look at the engine, it looks like it's shaking mostly from the distributor area.

On an unrelated note, I also seem to be losing coolant. Could I have a blown headgasket, and the coolant causing the car to run rough? I have no signs of a blown headgasket though, no coolant in the oil or under the oil cap.

The car is fine when accelerating, it runs smoothly.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks

 

did your mechanic check your motor mounts?

 

sAME THING HAPPENNING TO ME.

 

If it was a gasket, im sure your car would accelerate very odly, like slushy and iffy acceleration. I had a head gasket go in my 95 Altima and the car wouldnt get out of 1st gear. It sounds liek a bad motor mount. What year and model car do you have?

 

i had the same problem and my engine would make a nasty buzzing sound. it turned out to me my mount. solved the problem 100%.

 

motor mount.

mines shakes when i turn on the A/C

 

 

Yup definately check out your motor mounts especially the one closest to your throttle body on the bottem driver side

 

how much do the repairs cost? approx.

 

I have the same problem also. My whole car pretty much vibrates when im idling, however I always thought it was because the idle was low, but are you sure its motor mounts?