Work christmas do last night, so my car's been sitting at work for 2 days. Get in it this evening (below zero temperature), fire it up, and it starts shaking! It felt like one cylinder wasn't firing but revs were steady at 900rpm as normal and it didn't sound any different! When it warmed up a little (still hadn't moved by this point) the shaking stopped.
Any ideas?
Shaking
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teamster1975
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Re: Shaking
Put a scarf around it! 
Sounds like a misfire, condensation on the leads?
Sounds like a misfire, condensation on the leads?
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1996 406 Executive 2.0 Turbo XU10J2TE No longer hangin' on in there
1997 Honda CB500V
2003 Volvo V40 1.8 GDi SE killed by a nutter in a beemer 5 series
2008 Mondeo 2.0 TDCi Titanium X
"Always look on the bright side of life, dedo, dedo dedodedo"
Re: Shaking
The poor thing was scared, you cannot just go abandoning the poor dear on these cold winter nightsmjb wrote:my car's been sitting at work for 2 days ... and it starts shaking!
Remember - it only takes a few inches of water to drown a 406 don't make the same mistake I made! The V6 Exec is no more.
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stevenlizuk
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Re: Shaking
Mine does it too but only when it's really cold.
My Xantia which had the same engine also did it so I'm going with "characteristic" rather than fault. Which means I don't have to fix it
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New glow plugs might sort it, if one isn't working it might take that cylinder a second to get going.
Cheers
Steve
My Xantia which had the same engine also did it so I'm going with "characteristic" rather than fault. Which means I don't have to fix it
.New glow plugs might sort it, if one isn't working it might take that cylinder a second to get going.
Cheers
Steve
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Proud owner of the Funbus 98 2.1td estate being reborn £70 at a time.
Still need new back-plates.
Re: Shaking
It wasn't mis-firing, I'm pretty sure of that because there's a drastic increase in noise if you pull a lead off. Wonder if one of the injectors was playing up though...
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