recently my car has started acting funny…it use to pick up speed pretty quick now it seems as if it lags to pick up speed and kind of gives a jerk back before it does. any ideas what it could be? and when its at stop it sort of makes a raddle sound…its automatic btw
bad motor mounts?
i was thinking of that…how do i go about getting that fixed?
motor mounts could easily create a ‘jerk’ but if they were bad it seems like it would make more of a vibration, but would be a good thing to inspect.
cesty, when was the last time you replaced the fuel filter/ cap/rotor/ wires/ plugs/ oil/ ect? a dirty fuel filter could cause lag just as well as the ignition system.
as for the raddle sound thats hard to say because it is an old car and over age things tend to loosen up so it could be anything from a loose bolt to a knocking so if you could get a video or be a little more specific on the sound it would be helpful. i know describing things over the internet is tough though so good luck man and i hope some of my post was useful
[QUOTE=djkobe;2212486]motor mounts could easily create a ‘jerk’ but if they were bad it seems like it would make more of a vibration, but would be a good thing to inspect.
cesty, when was the last time you replaced the fuel filter/ cap/rotor/ wires/ plugs/ oil/ ect? a dirty fuel filter could cause lag just as well as the ignition system.
as for the raddle sound thats hard to say because it is an old car and over age things tend to loosen up so it could be anything from a loose bolt to a knocking so if you could get a video or be a little more specific on the sound it would be helpful. i know describing things over the internet is tough though so good luck man and i hope some of my post was useful[/QUOTE]
ive replaced the fuel filter,cap n rotor,spark plugs n wires,oil,put in a new radiator,have had the transmission and radiator serviced in the past few months…and now that i think of it its more of a vibrating sound then a raddling…one guy told me my transmission might be going bad but i just wanted to try to find out if anyone has had any of the same issues or knew what was going on before i gave up on it…but like you said its only so much you can try to explain over the internet…thanks
so there’s no vibration at all? then it’s not the motor mounts then.
i think the rattling is the heat sheild for the exhaust manifold…common problemm…check it outtt