Car starts to shake :S

eThix · Post by **eThix** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 3:08 pm

Ok after driving my car around for about 10 mins or more.
and then when i have to stop in first gear my hole engine starts shaking causing the car to shake with it....
My car will soon go into limp mode.
i got the error codes 41,42,43 but why does my car shake when in 1st gear :S??
what will i need to do to fix this?

mr-charisma · Post by **mr-charisma** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 11:44 pm

what will i need to do to fix this?

Take you car down to Joe & Ricks

Call the insurance company to let them know your car is having all these probs since the accident which weren't there previously, it should also be covered by your insurance, not just the body work.

The engine shaking could be that your engine mounts were damaged in the accident ... get it own to J&R's & make the insurance pay for a tow truck if you need it.

jonowong · Post by **jonowong** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 12:13 am

41 Injector system
42 Fuel Pump
43 EGR

eThix · Post by **eThix** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 12:29 am

jonowong wrote:41 Injector system
42 Fuel Pump
43 EGR

Think these would be related to the crash i recently had?
and is it safe driving it? until it goes into Limp mode?

Delvance · Post by **Delvance** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 1:00 am

I doubt it'd be related to a recent crash ? It was just a minor one right ? And i wouldn't be driving the car if it were showing pump and injector problems either, fuel starvation is not good! Get your fuel path checked out from pump all the way to injector. If it is something wrong with those items, you can easily pick up a 2nd hand pump or something, clean the injectors and would be a good time to change your fuel filter too. Not expensive, just a little time consuming.
The EGR part isn't promising though =/

eThix · Post by **eThix** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:56 am

damn

ok well there is no way i can make it to joe and ricks, does any one know of a decent enough place to take my car to?

eThix · Post by **eThix** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:26 pm

I just got a call from my mate, and said if the stupid panel beater painted over where the battery wire needs to earth to then thats why i'm getting all my problems.
no one say "no thats not it" or i will cry.
i guess i will find out tonight and let use know

jonowong · Post by **jonowong** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:49 pm

thats funny but no thats not it

eThix · Post by **eThix** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 11:38 pm

jonowong wrote:thats funny but no thats not it

noooooooooooo

i think your right

so annoyed though... cause my car works fine for about 10 mins.... then i start driving and i notice my car doesn't have any revs at all when in a gear...

Post by **Bennoz** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 8:49 am

I reckon you've eaten up & spat out your torque converter....

eThix · Post by **eThix** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:15 am

Bennoz wrote:I reckon you've eaten up & spat out your torque converter....

But i have revs when i start the car and have it in gear :S
where abouts is the torque converter?
lol maybe its time for a manual conversion.

payaya · Post by **payaya** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 9:10 pm

what colour is your tranny fluid???

SchumieFan · Post by **SchumieFan** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 11:46 pm

its nothing to do with fluid, its definatly electrical, could be a short even.

without being with the car all i can say is check every cable, but if it shakes like that id say o2 or tourque sensor is smoked and it doesnt know your revs and is starving your engine of fuel (hence the shudder) then going "oh sh*t ive got a problem" and going into limp mode

anyone else?

eThix · Post by **eThix** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 10:54 am

payaya wrote:what colour is your tranny fluid???

it was black... but i changed it hoping to fix the problem.

eThix · Post by **eThix** » Sat Sep 15, 2007 10:56 am

SchumieFan wrote:its nothing to do with fluid, its definatly electrical, could be a short even.

without being with the car all i can say is check every cable, but if it shakes like that id say o2 or tourque sensor is smoked and it doesnt know your revs and is starving your engine of fuel (hence the shudder) then going "oh sh*t ive got a problem" and going into limp mode

anyone else?

But if thats the case wouldn't it shake straight away when i turn my car?? because right now i have to drive my car around for about 5-10 mins and then it will start shaking.... but the weird thing is if i leave my car on for 30mins nothing will happen... the car will work fine

Ther · Post by **Ther** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 11:24 am

i've got a similar problem, after driving for a while my car, when i stop at the lights, the car starts to shudder....if i put it in N then the shaking stops, once i;m driving its ok but once i stop again the same thing. I pulled over and the shaking is clear from the engine as it starts to shake quite a bit while is in drive (1st gear). Any suggestions?

eThix · Post by **eThix** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 2:42 pm

If you quickly try drive home do you get stuck in LIMP mode?? (3rd gear)
and what error codes you get??

Ther · Post by **Ther** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 2:45 pm

eThix wrote:If you quickly try drive home do you get stuck in LIMP mode?? (3rd gear)
and what error codes you get??

driving isn't a problem, and mivec kicks in no worries at all.. it only happens after driving for a while and while stationary and in gear..

i'll try to check the error codes tonight

eThix · Post by **eThix** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 2:59 pm

Ther wrote:
eThix wrote:If you quickly try drive home do you get stuck in LIMP mode?? (3rd gear)
and what error codes you get??
driving isn't a problem, and mivec kicks in no worries at all.. it only happens after driving for a while and while stationary and in gear..

i'll try to check the error codes tonight

Cool that would be grate! maybe we can find out whats wrong....
do you drive a manual or Tip?

Storm · Post by **Storm** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:13 pm

Error codes 41, 42 & 43 are related to the gearbox in this case, or it wouldn't go into safety mode. They relate to incorrect gear ratios which means you input speed sensor and your output speed sensor are not matching up. One of them is going tits up so you need to swap them with someone elses so you can see which one it is.

Either that or give them a good clean and that might help a bit.