I decided to replace the lower intake gaskets to see if that was where my manifold leak was, and when I got everything back together it fired up, and idles slightly worse, and if you WOT in gear it sorta shudders as the rpms rise and they rise SLOOOWWW I feel like a 17 second car. I dont see any leaks and everything was connected how I took it off. what is up.....I was thinking mabye I should reset the comp (unhook batt) or mabye I busted an injecotr during the process and it is either open or closed.....what else should I look for....? Mabye I fouled some plugs? this sucks....
Shudders bad
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BlackVert
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might be the computer ... mine felt really slow after i had my work done, but the more i drive it the better it gets.
Come on guys help me out. I tried disconnecting the battery and it didnt help. The promblem is worst when I am trying to stay at a constant speed (ie not accelerating). It stutters and shakes. under hard accerartion it seems to be struggling and I can still feel a bad viration but not like when staying constant. I checked plugs and they are a little foul from running rich for a month but nothing too bad.
ALSO today I was driving and I popped my hood to see if mabye my balancer was going and there was coolant coming from the back of the passenger side of the intake. It seems to be coming from right under the elbow. The only things there are those hard metal lines and the intake itself. I was thinking mabye the metal got punctured somehow or mabye the intake wasnt sealed right. well I let it sit and dried it up and took it for another spin for 15 mins and it was dry??#$% what is going on with my car.....
ALSO today I was driving and I popped my hood to see if mabye my balancer was going and there was coolant coming from the back of the passenger side of the intake. It seems to be coming from right under the elbow. The only things there are those hard metal lines and the intake itself. I was thinking mabye the metal got punctured somehow or mabye the intake wasnt sealed right. well I let it sit and dried it up and took it for another spin for 15 mins and it was dry??#$% what is going on with my car.....
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Check your hoses on the firewall and see if they are tight if they are you may have a lower leak. Did you use the right torque and pattern to put it back? Did you move the lower around and disturb the gaskets? Turn your screw in to add more pressure and A/F meters are junk unless they are wideband so you are not getting an accurate reading. Are you wired correctly? Sounds like a miss to me.
It feels like a miss, but the only wires disturbd from before when it ran semi-fine was the distrubtor and mabye 4 sensors I had to disconnect during the process. They are all hooked up fine now. I used the tourque pattern TRICKFLOW provides but I dont have a torque wrench here at the house so I was going till they were tight tight. I did it in increments for 3 full patterns.
I was thinking mabye it was getting in the cylinders too but shouldnt I see some white smoke? I havent seen any yet.... The book says to get them to 22 ft/lbs. and I guess mabye I should go get a wrench and redo 
$^$#@% I just wish this would solve the shudder problems becuase even if I solve the leak the car is practically undrivable.....
$^$#@% I just wish this would solve the shudder problems becuase even if I solve the leak the car is practically undrivable.....But would the shddering has been happening for a few days and the collant leak started this afternoon, could they still be related? I had a friend folowo me hoem today after the leak and he didnt mention any smoke and I was giving her gas becuase if I stay at any rpm without acclertating the car shakes bad...
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